Use of pydiflumetofen for the reduction of mycotoxin contamination in plants

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to the novel use of the pyrazole carboxylic acid amide derivative Pydiflumetofen, compositions comprising this compound and its use in methods for the reduction of mycotoxin contamination in plants. Pydiflumetofen is also useful in increasing yield, in particular in cereals eg. wheat.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/766,726, filed 6 Apr. 2018, which is a National Stage entry of International Application No. PCT/EP2016/074109, filed 7 Oct. 2016, which claims priority to European Patent Application No 15189239.5, filed 9 Oct. 2015. Each of these applications is incorporated by reference in its entirety

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to the novel use of the pyrazole carboxylic acid amide derivative Pydiflumetofen, compositions comprising this compound and its use in methods for the reduction of mycotoxin contamination in plants. Pydiflumetofen is also useful in increasing yield, in particular in cereals eg. wheat.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Numerous fungi are serious pests of economically important agricultural crops. Further, crop contamination by fungal toxins is a major problem for agriculture throughout the world.

Mycotoxins, such as aflatoxins, ochratoxins, patulin, fumonisins, zearalenones, and trichothecenes, are toxic fungal metabolites, often found in agricultural products that are characterized by their ability to cause health problems for humans and vertebrates. They are produced for example by different Fusarium and Aspergillus, Penicillium und Alternaria species.

Aflatoxins are toxins produced by Aspergillus species that grow on several crops, in particular on maize or corn before and after harvest of the crop as well as during storage. The biosynthesis of aflatoxins involves a complex polyketide pathway starting with acetate and malonate. One important intermediate is sterigmatocystin and O-methylsterigmatocystin which are direct precursors of aflatoxins. Important producers of aflatoxins are Aspergillus flavus, most strains of Aspergillus parasiticus, Aspergillus nomius, Aspergillus bombycis, Aspergillus pseudotamarii, Aspergillus ochraceoroseus, Aspergillus rambelli, Emericella astellata, Emericella venezuelensis, Bipolaris spp., Chaetomium spp., Farrowia spp., and Monocillium spp., in particular Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus (Plant Breeding (1999), 118, pp 1-16). There are also additional Aspergillus species known. The group of aflatoxins consists of more than 20 different toxins, in particular aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2, cyclopiazonic acid (CPA).

Ochratoxins are mycotoxins produced by some Aspergillus species and Penicilium species, like A. ochraceus, A. carbonarius or P. viridicatum, Examples for Ochratoxins are ochratoxin A, B, and C. Ochratoxin A is the most prevalent and relevant fungal toxin of this group.

Fumonisins are toxins produced by Fusarium (F.) species that grow on several crops, mainly corn, before and after harvest of the crop as well as during storage. The diseases, Fusarium kernel, ear and stalk rot of corn, is caused by Fusarium verticillioides, F. subglutinans, F. moniliforme, and F. proliferatum. The main mycotoxins of these species are the fumonisins, of which more than ten chemical forms have been isolated. Examples for fumonisins are FB1, FB2 and FB3. In addition the above mentioned Fusarium species of corn can also produce the mycotoxins moniliformin and beauvericin. In particular Fusarium verticillioides is mentioned as an important pathogen of corn, this Fusarium species produces as the main mycotoxin fumonisins of the B-type.

Trichothecenes are those mycotoxins of primary concern which can be found in Fusarium diseases of small grain cereals like wheat, barley, rye, triticale, rice, sorghum and oat. They are sesquiterpene epoxide mycotoxins produced by species of Fusarium, Trichothecium, and Myrothecium and act as potent inhibitors of eukaryotic protein synthesis.

Some of these trichothecene producing Fusarium species also infect corn/maize.

Examples of trichothecene mycotoxins include T-2 toxin, HT-2 toxin, isotrichodermol, DAS, 3-deacetylcalonectrin, 3,15-dideacetylcalonectrin, scirpentriol, neosolaniol; 15-acetyldeoxynivalenol, 3-acetyldeoxynivalenol, nivalenol, 4-acetylnivalenol (fusarenone-X), 4,15-diacetylnivalenol, 4,7,15-acetylnivalenol, and deoxynivalenol (hereinafter “DON”) and their various acetylated derivatives. The most common trichothecene in Fusarium head blight is DON produced for example by Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum.

Another mycotoxin mainly produced by F. culmorum, F. graminearum and F. cerealis is zearalenone, a phenolic resorcyclic acid lactone that is primarily an estrogenic fungal metabolite.

Fusarium species that produce mycotoxins, such as fumonisins and trichothecenes, include F. acuminatum, F. crookwellense, F., verticillioides, F. culmorum, F. avenaceum, F. equiseti, F. moniliforme, F. graminearum (Gibberella zeae), F. lateritium, F. poae, F. sambucinum (G. pulicaris), F. proliferatum, F. subglutinans, F. sporotrichioides and other Fusarium species.

Both acute and chronic mycotoxicoses in farm animals and in humans have been associated with consumption of wheat, rye, barley, oats, rice and maize contaminated with Fusarium species that produce trichothecene mycotoxins. Experiments with chemically pure trichothecenes at low dosage levels have reproduced many of the features observed in moldy grain toxicoses in animals, including anemia and immunosuppression, haemorrage, emesis and feed refusal. Historical and epidemiological data from human populations indicate an association between certain disease epidemics and consumption of grain infected with Fusarium species that produce trichothecenes. In particular, outbreaks of a fatal disease known as alimentary toxic aleukia, which has occurred in Russia since the nineteenth century, have been associated with consumption of over-wintered grains contaminated with Fusarium species that produce the trichothecene T-2 toxin. In Japan, outbreaks of a similar disease called akakabi-byo or red mold disease have been associated with grain infected with Fusarium species that produce the trichothecene, DON. Trichothecenes were detected in the toxic grain samples responsible for recent human disease outbreaks in India and Japan. There exists, therefore, a need for agricultural methods for preventing, and crops having reduced levels of, mycotoxin contamination.

Further, mycotoxin-producing Fusarium species are destructive pathogens and attack a wide range of plant species. The acute phytotoxicity of mycotoxins and their occurrence in plant tissues also suggests that these mycotoxins play a role in the pathogenesis of Fusarium on plants. This implies that mycotoxins play a role in disease and, therefore, reducing their toxicity to the plant may also prevent or reduce disease in the plant. Further, reduction in disease levels may have the additional benefit of reducing mycotoxin contamination on the plant and particularly in grain where the plant is a cereal plant.

There is a need, therefore, to decrease the contamination by mycotoxins of plants and plant material before and/or after harvest and/or during storage.

Pydiflumetofen being a compound according the formula (I)

having the IUPAC name 3-(Difluoromethyl)-N-methoxy-1-methyl-N-[1-(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)-2-propanyl]-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide and its production and use as a fungicide is described in WO-A 2010/063700. Related pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid amide derivatives and their use as for reducing mycotoxins are described in WO-A 20121072575. Pydiflumetofen is described to have activity in the Sudden Death Syndrome described for corn in WO-A 2014/023628, a disease caused by certain Fusarium species.

The effect of fungicides on mycotoxin contamination in crops is discussed controversially as contradicting results are found. Disease development and mycotoxin production by the infecting fungi is influenced by a variety of factors not being limited to weather conditions. agricultural techniques, fungicide dose and application, growth stage of crops. colonization of crops by different fungi species, susceptibility of host crops and infection mode of fungi species. For example Microdochium nivale not producing any mycotoxin is able to reduce growth and DON accumulation of F. culmorum. It is also known that the different fungi use separate routes when infecting the plant. For example Fusarium species producing fumonisins are known to infect maize by wound inoculation. The wounds are mainly caused by insects like the European and Southwestern corn borer or the corn earworm. in particular by the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubialis). Therefore it is discussed that maize being transformed with genes coding for insecticidal proteins for example with those from Bacillus thuringiensis should show reduced level of mycotoxins, in particular fumonisins (Wu, Transgenic Research (2006), 15, 277-289). In contrast other fungal species for example Fusarium graminearum and Aspergillus flavus are infecting maize via the silk channel. Also insect pest damage is less strongly correlated with aflatoxin concentrations in maize, because a variety of factors are influencing aflatoxin content in maize (Wu, Transgenic Research (2006), 15, 277-289).

Therefore prohibiting fungal infection via controlling insects that promote infection by wounding is not sufficient for reducing effectively mycotoxin contamination of maize, especially for DON, Zearalenone and aflatoxins.

It has also to be mentioned that breeding for fungal resistance in crops in contrast to insecticidal resistance is much more difficult. There have been several classical and transgenic breeding approaches. but obviously a high level of resistance is difficult to obtain.

Therefore application of fungicidal active compounds represents the most effective mode to control fungal infections of plants and thereby reducing mycotoxin content.

Therefore the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide compounds which lead by their application on plants and/or plant material to a reduction in mycotoxins in all plant and plant material.

SUMMARY

Accordingly, the present invention provides a method of reducing mycotoxin contamination in plants and/or any plant material and/or plant propagation material comprising applying to the plant or plant propagation material an effective amount of Pydiflumetofen being a compound according the formula (I)

-   having the IUPAC name     3-(Difluoromethyl)-N-methoxy-1-methyl-N-[1-(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)-2-propanyl]-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide.

or tautomers/isomers/enantiomers thereof.

The term Pydiflumetofen encompasses all tautomers, isomers or enantiomers of Pydiflumetofen.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

As indicated above, it has now been found that Pydiflumetofen is useful in reducing mycotoxin contamination when it is applied to a plant and/or any plant material and/or plant propagation material in an effective amount.

In a particular embodiment Pydiflumetofen is useful in reducing mycotoxin contamination produced by fungi when applied to a plant and/or any plant material and/or plant propagation material in an effective amount.

In a particular embodiment Pydiflumetofen is useful for increasing yield when applied to a plant and/or any plant material and/or plant propagation material in an effective amount.

In a particular embodiment Pydiflumetofen is useful for increasing yield in cereals when applied to a plant and/or any plant material and/or plant propagation material in an effective amount.

In a particular embodiment Pydiflumetofen is useful for increasing yield in wheat when applied to a plant and/or any plant material and/or plant propagation material in an effective amount. The rates regarding Pydiflumetofen to achieve the yield increase are similar to those for reducing mycotoxins.

Pydiflumetofen is useful in reducing mycotoxin contamination when it is applied to a plant and/or any plant material and/or plant propagation material in an effective amount before and/or after harvest and/or during storage.

In a particular embodiment Pydiflumetofen is useful in reducing mycotoxin contamination produced by fungi selected from the group of the following species: F. acuminatum, F. crookwellense, F. verticillioides, F. culmorum, F. avenaceum, F. equiseti, F. moniliforme, F. graminearum (Gibberella zeae), F. lateritium, F. poae, F. sambucinum (G. pulicaris), F. proliferatum, F. subglutinans and F. sporotrichioides, Aspergillus flavus, most strains of Aspergillus parasiticus and Aspergillus nomius, A. ochraceus, A. carbonarius or P. viridicatum when applied to a plant and/or any plant material and/or plant propagation material in an effective amount.

In a particular embodiment Pydiflumetofen is useful in reducing mycotoxin contamination produced by fungi selected from the group of the following species: F. verticillioides, F. culmorum, F. moniliforme, F. graminearum (Gibberella zeae), F. proliferatum, Aspergillus flavus, most strains of Aspergillus parasiticus and Aspergillus nomius, A. ochraceus, A. carbonarius when applied to a plant and/or any plant material and/or plant propagation material in an effective amount.

In a particular embodiment Pydiflumetofen is useful in reducing mycotoxin contamination produced by fungi selected from the group of the following species: F. verticillioides, F. proliferatum, F. graminearum (Gibberella zeae), Aspergillus flavus, and Aspergillus parasiticus when applied to a plant and/or any plant material and/or plant propagation material in an effective amount.

In a particular embodiment Pydiflumetofen is useful in reducing mycotoxin contamination produced by fungi selected from the group of the following species: F. verticillioides, F. proliferatum, F. graminearum when applied to a plant and/or any plant material and/or plant propagation material in an effective amount.

In a particular embodiment Pydiflumetofen is useful in reducing mycotoxin contamination produced by fungi selected from the group of the following species: Aspergillus flavus, and Aspergillus parasiticus when applied to a plant and/or any plant material and/or plant propagation material in an effective amount.

In a particular embodiment the mycotoxins are selected from the following group: aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2, ochratoxin A, B, C as well as T-2 toxin, HT-2 toxin, isotrichodermol, DAS, 3-deacetylcalonectrin, 3,15-dideacetylcalonectrin, scirpentriol, neosolaniol; zearalenone, 15-acetyldeoxynivalenol, nivalenol, 4-acetylnivalenol (fusarenone-X), 4,15-diacetylnivalenol, 4,7,15-acetylnivalenol, and deoxynivalenol (hereinafter “DON”) and their various acetylated derivatives as well as fumonisins of the B-type as FB1, FB2, FB3.

In a very particular embodiment the mycotoxins are selected from the following group: aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2, zearalenone, deoxynivalenol (hereinafter “DON”) and their various acetylated derivatives as well as fumonisins of the B-type as FB1, FB2, FB3.

In a very particular embodiment the mycotoxins are selected from the following group: aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2.

In a very particular embodiment the mycotoxins are selected from the following group: aflatoxins B1.

In a very particular embodiment the mycotoxins are selected from the following group: zearalenone, deoxynivalenol (hereinafter “DON”) and their various acetylated derivatives.

In a very preferred particular embodiment the mycotoxin is deoxynivalenol (hereinafter “DON”) and its various acetylated derivatives.

In a very particular embodiment the mycotoxins are selected from the following group: fumonisins of the B-type as FB1, FB2, FB3.

In a particular embodiment of the invention plant and/or plant material and/or plant propagation material has at least 10% less mycotoxin, more preferable at least 20% less mycotoxins, more preferable at least 40% less mycotoxins, more preferable at least 50% less mycotoxins more preferable at least 80% less mycotoxin contamination than plant or plant material which has not been treated.

In a particular embodiment of the invention plant and/or plant material and/or plant propagation material before and/or after harvest and/or during storage has at least 10% less mycotoxin, more preferable at least 20% less mycotoxins, more preferable at least 40% less mycotoxins, more preferable at least 50% less mycotoxins more preferable at least 80% less mycotoxin contamination than plant or plant material before and/or after harvest and/or during storage which has not been treated.

In a particular embodiment of the invention plant and/or plant material and/or plant propagation material before harvest has at least 10% less aflatoxins, more preferable at least 20% aflatoxin, more preferable at least 40% aflatoxins, more preferable at least 50% aflatoxins, more preferable at least 80% aflatoxin contamination than plant or plant material before harvest which has not been treated.

In a particular embodiment of the invention plant and/or plant material and/or plant propagation material after harvest has at least 10% less fumonisins, more preferable at least 20% fumonisins, more preferable at least 40% fumonisins, more preferable at least 50% fumonisins, more preferable at least 80% fumonisin contamination than plant or plant material after harvest which has not been treated.

In a particular embodiment of the invention plant and/or plant material and/or plant propagation material during storage has at least 10% less DON, more preferable at least 20% DON, more preferable at least 40% DON, more preferable at least 50% DON, more preferable at least 80% DON contamination than plant or plant during storage which has not been treated.

In a particular embodiment Pydiflumetofen can be combined with other active ingredients like fungicides, insecticides, herbicides, biological control agents.

In particular the fungicides are selected from the group comprising

1) Inhibitors of the ergosterol biosynthesis, for example (1.001) cyproconazole, (1.002) difenoconazole, (1.003) epoxiconazole, (1.004) fenhexamid, (1.005) fenpropidin, (1.006) fenpropimorph, (1.007) fenpyrazamine, (1.008) fluquinconazole, (1.009) flutriafol, (1.010) imazalil, (1.011) imazalil sulfate, (1.012) ipconazole, (1.013) metconazole, (1.014) myclobutanil, (1.015) paclobutrazol, (1.016) prochloraz, (1.017) propiconazole, (1.018) prothioconazole, (1.019) Pyrisoxazole, (1.020) spiroxamine, (1.021) tebuconazole, (1.022) tetraconazole, (1.023) triadimenol, (1.024) tridemorph, (1.025) triticonazole, (1.026) (1R,2S,5S)-5-(4-chlorobenzyl)-2-(chloromethyl)-2-methyl-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-ylmethyl)cyclopentanol, (1.027) (1S,2R,5R)-5-(4-chlorobenzyl)-2-(chloromethyl)-2-methyl-1-(H-1,2,4-triazol-1-ylmethyl)cyclopentanol, (1.028) (2R)-2-(1-chlorocyclopropyl)-4-[(1R)-2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl]-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)butan-2-ol, (1.029) (2R)-2-(1-chlorocyclopropyl)-4-[(1S)-2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl]-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)butan-2-ol, (1.030) (2R)-2-[4-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)propan-2-ol, (1.031) (2S)-2-(1-chlorocyclopropyl)-4-[(1R)-2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl]-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)butan-2-ol, (1.032) (2S)-2-(1-chlorocyclopropyl)-4-[(1S)-2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl]-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)butan-2-ol, (1.033) (2S)-2-[4-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)propan-2-ol, (1.034) (R)-[3-(4-chloro-2-fluorophenyl)-5-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-1,2-oxazol-4-yl](pyridin-3-yl)methanol, (1.035) (S)-[3-(4-chloro-2-fluorophenyl)-5-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-1,2-oxazol-4-yl](pyridin-3-yl)methanol, (1.036) [3-(4-chloro-2-fluorophenyl)-5-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-1,2-oxazol-4-yl](pyridin-3-yl)methanol, (1.037) 1-({(2R,4S)-2-[2-chloro-4-(4-chlorophenoxy)phenyl]-4-methyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl}methyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole, (1.038) 1-({(2S,4S)-2-[2-chloro-4-(4-chlorophenoxy)phenyl]-4-methyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl}methyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole, (1.039) 1-{[3-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)oxiran-2-yl]methyl}-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-yl thiocyanate, (1.040) 1-{[rel(2R,3R)-3-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)oxiran-2-yl]methyl}-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-yl thiocyanate, (1.041) 1-{[rel(2R,3S)-3-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)oxiran-2-yl]methyl}-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-yl thiocyanate, (1.042) 2-[(2R,4R,5R)-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-5-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylheptan-4-yl]-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione, (1.043) 2-[(2R,4R,5S)-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-5-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylheptan-4-yl]-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione, (1.044) 2-[(2R,4S,5R)-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-5-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylheptan-4-yl]-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione, (1.045) 2-[(2R,4S,5S)-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-5-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylheptan-4-yl]-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione, (1.046) 2-[(2S,4R,5R)-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-5-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylheptan-4-yl]-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione, (1.047) 2-[(2S,4R,5S)-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-5-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylheptan-4-yl]-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione, (1.048) 2-[(2S,4S,5R)-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-5-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylheptan-4-yl]-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione, (1.049) 2-[(2S,4S,5S)-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-5-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylheptan-4-yl]-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione, (1.050) 2-[1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-5-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylheptan-4-yl]-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione, (1.051) 2-[2-chloro-4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)phenyl]-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)propan-2-ol, (1.052) 2-[2-chloro-4-(4-chlorophenoxy)phenyl]-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)butan-2-ol, (1.053) 2-[4-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)butan-2-ol, (1.054) 2-[4-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)pentan-2-ol, (1.055) 2-[4-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)propan-2-ol, (1.056) 2-{[3-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)oxiran-2-yl]methyl}-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione, (1.057) 2-{[rel(2R,3R)-3-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)oxiran-2-yl]methyl}-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione, (1.058) 2-{[rel(2R,3S)-3-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)oxiran-2-yl]methyl}-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione, (1.059) 5-(4-chlorobenzyl)-2-(chloromethyl)-2-methyl-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-ylmethyl)cyclopentanol, (1.060) 5-(allylsulfanyl)-1-{[3-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)oxiran-2-yl]methyl}-1H-1,2,4-triazole, (1.061) 5-(allylsulfanyl)-1-{[rel(2R,3R)-3-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)oxiran-2-yl]methyl}-1H-1,2,4-triazole, (1.062) 5-(allylsulfanyl)-1-{[rel(2R,3S)-3-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)oxiran-2-yl]methyl}-1H-1,2,4-triazole, (1.063) N′-(2,5-dimethyl-4-{[3-(1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethoxy)phenyl]sulfanyl}phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methylimidoformamide, (1.064) N′-(2,5-dimethyl-4-{[3-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenyl]sulfanyl}phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methylimidoformamide, (1.065) N′-(2,5-dimethyl-4-{[3-(2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropoxy)phenyl]sulfanyl}phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methylimidoformamide, (1.066) N′-(2,5-dimethyl-4-{[3-(pentafluoroethoxy)phenyl]sulfanyl}phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methylimidoformamide, (1.067) N′-(2,5-dimethyl-4-{3-[(1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl)sulfanyl]phenoxy}phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methylimidoformamide, (1.068) N′-(2,5-dimethyl-4-{3-[(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)sulfanyl]phenoxy}phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methylimidoformamide, (1.069) N′-(2,5-dimethyl-4-{3-[(2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropyl)sulfanyl]phenoxy}phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methylimidoformamide, (1.070) N′-(2,5-dimethyl-4-{3-[(pentafluoroethyl)sulfanyl]phenoxy}phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methylimidoformamide, (1.071) N′-(2,5-dimethyl-4-phenoxyphenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methylimidoformamide, (1.072) N′-(4-{[3-(difluoromethoxy)phenyl]sulfanyl}-2,5-dimethylphenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methylimidoformamide, (1.073) N′-(4-{3-[(difluoromethyl)sulfanyl]phenoxy}-2,5-dimethylphenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methylimidoformamide, (1.074) N′-[5-bromo-6-(2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-2-yloxy)-2-methylpyridin-3-yl]-N-ethyl-N-methylimidoformamide, (1.075) N′-{4-[(4,5-dichloro-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)oxy]-2,5-dimethylphenyl}-N-ethyl-N-methylimidoformamide, (1.076) N′-{5-bromo-6-[(1R)-1-(3,5-difluorophenyl)ethoxy]-2-methylpyridin-3-yl}-N-ethyl-N-methylimidoformamide, (1.077) N′-{5-bromo-6-[(1S)-1-(3,5-difluorophenyl)ethoxy]-2-methylpyridin-3-yl}-N-ethyl-N-methylimidoformamide, (1.078) N′-{5-bromo-6-[(cis-4-isopropylcyclohexyl)oxy]-2-methylpyridin-3-yl}-N-ethyl-N-methylimidoformamide, (1.079) N′-{5-bromo-6-[(trans-4-isopropylcyclohexyl)oxy]-2-methylpyridin-3-yl}-N-ethyl-N-methylimidoformamide, (1.080) N′-{5-bromo-6-[1-(3,5-difluorophenyl)ethoxy]-2-methylpyridin-3-yl}-N-ethyl-N-methylimidoformamide;

2) Inhibitors of the respiratory chain at complex I or II, for example (2.001) benzovindiflupyr, (2.002) bixafen, (2.003) boscalid, (2.004) carboxin, (2.005) fluopyram, (2.006) flutolanil, (2.007) fluxapyroxad, (2.008) furametpyr, (2.009) Isofetamid, (2.010) isopyrazam (anti-epimeric enantiomer 1R,4S,9S), (2.011) isopyrazam (anti-epimeric enantiomer 1S,4R,9R), (2.012) isopyrazam (anti-epimeric racemate 1RS,4SR,9SR), (2.013) isopyrazam (mixture of syn-epimeric racemate 1RS,4SR,9RS and anti-epimeric racemate 1RS,4SR,9SR), (2.014) isopyrazam (syn-epimeric enantiomer 1R,4S,9R), (2.015) isopyrazam (syn-epimeric enantiomer 1S,4R,9S), (2.016) isopyrazam (syn-epimeric racemate 1RS,4SR,9RS), (2.017) penflufen, (2.018) penthiopyrad, (2.019) pydiflumetofen, (2.020) Pyraziflumid, (2.021) sedaxane, (2.022) 1,3-dimethyl-N-(1,1,3-trimethyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-4-yl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.023) 1,3-dimethyl-N-[(3R)-1,1,3-trimethyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-4-yl]-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.024) 1,3-dimethyl-N-[(3S)-1,1,3-trimethyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-4-yl]-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.025) 1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)-N-[2′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-2-yl]-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.026) 2-fluoro-6-(trifluoromethyl)-N-(1,1,3-trimethyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-4-yl)benzamide, (2.027) 3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-N-(1,1,3-trimethyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-4-yl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.028) 3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-N-[(3R)-1,1,3-trimethyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-4-yl]-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.029) 3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-N-[(3S)-1,1,3-trimethyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-4-yl]-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.030) 3-(difluoromethyl)-N-(7-fluoro-1,1,3-trimethyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-4-yl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.031) 3-(difluoromethyl)-N-[(3R)-7-fluoro-1,1,3-trimethyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-4-yl]-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.032) 3-(difluoromethyl)-N-[(3S)-7-fluoro-1,1,3-trimethyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-4-yl]-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.033) 5,8-difluoro-N-[2-(2-fluoro-4-{[4-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl]oxy}phenyl)ethyl]quinazolin-4-amine, (2.034) N-(2-cyclopentyl-5-fluorobenzyl)-N-cyclopropyl-3-(difluoromethyl)-5-fluoro-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.035) N-(2-tert-butyl-5-methylbenzyl)-N-cyclopropyl-3-(difluoromethyl)-5-fluoro-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.036) N-(2-tert-butylbenzyl)-N-cyclopropyl-3-(difluoromethyl)-5-fluoro-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.037) N-(5-chloro-2-ethylbenzyl)-N-cyclopropyl-3-(difluoromethyl)-5-fluoro-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.038) N-(5-chloro-2-isopropylbenzyl)-N-cyclopropyl-3-(difluoromethyl)-5-fluoro-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.039) N-[(1R,4S)-9-(dichloromethylene)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,4-methanonaphthalen-5-yl]-3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.040) N-[(1S,4R)-9-(dichloromethylene)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,4-methanonaphthalen-5-yl]-3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.041) N-[1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-1-methoxypropan-2-yl]-3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.042) N-[2-chloro-6-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl]-N-cyclopropyl-3-(difluoromethyl)-5-fluoro-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.043) N-[3-chloro-2-fluoro-6-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl]-N-cyclopropyl-3-(difluoromethyl)-5-fluoro-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.044) N-[5-chloro-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl]-N-cyclopropyl-3-(difluoromethyl)-5-fluoro-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.045) N-cyclopropyl-3-(difluoromethyl)-5-fluoro-1-methyl-N-[5-methyl-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl]-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.046) N-cyclopropyl-3-(difluoromethyl)-5-fluoro-N-(2-fluoro-6-isopropylbenzyl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.047) N-cyclopropyl-3-(difluoromethyl)-5-fluoro-N-(2-isopropyl-5-methylbenzyl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.048) N-cyclopropyl-3-(difluoromethyl)-5-fluoro-N-(2-isopropylbenzyl)-1-methyl-H-pyrazole-4-carbothioamide, (2.049) N-cyclopropyl-3-(difluoromethyl)-5-fluoro-N-(2-isopropylbenzyl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.050) N-cyclopropyl-3-(difluoromethyl)-5-fluoro-N-(5-fluoro-2-isopropylbenzyl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.051) N-cyclopropyl-3-(difluoromethyl)-N-(2-ethyl-4,5-dimethylbenzyl)-5-fluoro-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.052) N-cyclopropyl-3-(difluoromethyl)-N-(2-ethyl-5-fluorobenzyl)-5-fluoro-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.053) N-cyclopropyl-3-(difluoromethyl)-N-(2-ethyl-5-methylbenzyl)-5-fluoro-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.054) N-cyclopropyl-N-(2-cyclopropyl-5-fluorobenzyl)-3-(difluoromethyl)-5-fluoro-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.055) N-cyclopropyl-N-(2-cyclopropyl-5-methylbenzyl)-3-(difluoromethyl)-5-fluoro-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, (2.056) N-cyclopropyl-N-(2-cyclopropylbenzyl)-3-(difluoromethyl)-5-fluoro-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide;

3) Inhibitors of the respiratory chain at complex III, for example (3.001) ametoctradin, (3.002) amisulbrom, (3.003) azoxystrobin, (3.004) coumethoxystrobin, (3.005) coumoxystrobin, (3.006) cyazofamid, (3.007) dimoxystrobin, (3.008) enoxastrobin, (3.009) famoxadone, (3.010) fenamidone, (3.011) flufenoxystrobin, (3.012) fluoxastrobin, (3.013) kresoxim-methyl, (3.014) metominostrobin, (3.015) orysastrobin, (3.016) picoxystrobin, (3.017) pyraclostrobin, (3.018) pyrametostrobin, (3.019) pyraoxystrobin, (3.020) trifloxystrobin, (3.021) (2E)-2-{2-[({[(1E)-1-(3-{[(E)-1-fluoro-2-phenylvinyl]oxy}phenyl)ethylidene]amino}oxy)methyl]phenyl}-2-(methoxyimino)-N-methylacetamide, (3.022) (2E,3Z)-5-{[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy}-2-(methoxyimino)-N,3-dimethylpent-3-enamide, (3.023) (2R)-2-{2-[(2,5-dimethylphenoxy)methyl]phenyl}-2-methoxy-N-methylacetamide, (3.024) (2S)-2-{2-[(2,5-dimethylphenoxy)methyl]phenyl}-2-methoxy-N-methylacetamide, (3.025) (3S,6S,7R,8R)-8-benzyl-3-[({3-[(isobutyryloxy)methoxy]-4-methoxypyridin-2-yl}carbonyl)amino]-6-methyl-4,9-dioxo-1,5-dioxonan-7-yl 2-methylpropanoate, (3.026) 2-{2-[(2,5-dimethylphenoxy)methyl]phenyl}-2-methoxy-N-methylacetamide, (3.027) N-(3-ethyl-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexyl)-3-formamido-2-hydroxybenzamide, (3.028) (2E,3Z)-5-{[1-(4-chloro-2-fluorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy}-2-(methoxyimino)-N,3-dimethylpent-3-enamide;

4) Inhibitors of the mitosis and cell division, for example (4.001) carbendazim, (4.002) diethofencarb, (4.003) ethaboxam, (4.004) fluopicolide, (4.005) pencycuron, (4.006) thiabendazole, (4.007) thiophanate-methyl, (4.008) zoxamide, (4.009) 3-chloro-4-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-6-methyl-5-phenylpyridazine, (4.010) 3-chloro-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-6-methylpyridazine, (4.011) 3-chloro-5-(6-chloropyridin-3-yl)-6-methyl-4-(2,4,6-trifluorophenyl)pyridazine, (4.012) 4-(2-bromo-4-fluorophenyl)-N-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-5-amine, (4.013) 4-(2-bromo-4-fluorophenyl)-N-(2-bromo-6-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-5-amine, (4.014) 4-(2-bromo-4-fluorophenyl)-N-(2-bromophenyl)-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-5-amine, (4.015) 4-(2-bromo-4-fluorophenyl)-N-(2-chloro-6-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-5-amine, (4.016) 4-(2-bromo-4-fluorophenyl)-N-(2-chlorophenyl)-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-5-amine, (4.017) 4-(2-bromo-4-fluorophenyl)-N-(2-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-5-amine, (4.018) 4-(2-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)-N-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-5-amine, (4.019) 4-(2-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)-N-(2-chloro-6-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-5-amine, (4.020) 4-(2-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)-N-(2-chlorophenyl)-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-5-amine, (4.021) 4-(2-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)-N-(2-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-5-amine, (4.022) 4-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-3,6-dimethylpyridazine, (4.023) N-(2-bromo-6-fluorophenyl)-4-(2-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-5-amine, (4.024) N-(2-bromophenyl)-4-(2-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-5-amine, (4.025) N-(4-chloro-2,6-difluorophenyl)-4-(2-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-5-amine;

5) Compounds capable to have a multisite action, for example (5.001) bordeaux mixture, (5.002) captafol, (5.003) captan, (5.004) chlorothalonil, (5.005) copper hydroxide, (5.006) copper naphthenate, (5.007) copper oxide, (5.008) copper oxychloride, (5.009) copper(2+) sulfate, (5.010) dithianon, (5.011) dodine, (5.012) folpet, (5.013) mancozeb, (5.014) maneb, (5.015) metiram, (5.016) metiram zinc, (5.017) oxine-copper, (5.018) propineb, (5.019) sulfur and sulfur preparations including calcium polysulfide, (5.020) thiram, (5.021) zineb, (5.022) ziram;

6) Compounds capable to induce a host defence, for example (6.001) acibenzolar-S-methyl, (6.002) isotianil, (6.003) probenazole, (6.004) tiadinil;

7) Inhibitors of the amino acid and/or protein biosynthesis, for example (7.001) cyprodinil, (7.002) kasugamycin, (7.003) kasugamycin hydrochloride hydrate, (7.004) oxytetracycline, (7.005) pyrimethanil, (7.006) 3-(5-fluoro-3,3,4,4-tetramethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1-yl)quinolone;

8) Inhibitors of the ATP production, for example (8.001) silthiofam;

9) Inhibitors of the cell wall synthesis, for example (9.001) benthiavalicarb, (9.002) dimethomorph, (9.003) flumorph, (9.004) iprovalicarb, (9.005) mandipropamid, (9.006) pyrimorph, (9.007) valifenalate, (9.008) (2E)-3-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-3-(2-chloropyridin-4-yl)-1-(morpholin-4-yl)prop-2-en-1-one, (9.009) (2Z)-3-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-3-(2-chloropyridin-4-yl)-1-(morpholin-4-yl)prop-2-en-1-one; 10) Inhibitors of the lipid and membrane synthesis, for example (10.001) propamocarb, (10.002) propamocarb hydrochloride, (10.003) tolclofos-methyl;

11) Inhibitors of the melanin biosynthesis, for example (11.001) tricyclazole, (11.002) 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl {3-methyl-1-[(4-methylbenzoyl)amino]butan-2-yl}carbamate.

12) Inhibitors of the nucleic acid synthesis, for example (12.001) benalaxyl, (12.002) benalaxyl-M (kiralaxyl), (12.003) metalaxyl, (12.004) metalaxyl-M (mefenoxam);

13) Inhibitors of the signal transduction, for example (13.001) fludioxonil, (13.002) iprodione, (13.003) procymidone, (13.004) proquinazid, (13.005) quinoxyfen, (13.006) vinclozolin;

14) Compounds capable to act as an uncoupler, for example (14.001) fluazinam, (14.002) meptyldinocap;

15) Further compounds, for example (15.001) Abscisic acid, (15.002) benthiazole, (15.003) bethoxazin, (15.004) capsimycin, (15.005) carvone, (15.006) chinomethionat, (15.007) cufraneb, (15.008) cyflufenamid, (15.009) cymoxanil, (15.010) cyprosulfamide, (15.011) flutianil, (15.012) fosetyl-aluminium, (15.013) fosetyl-calcium, (15.014) fosetyl-sodium, (15.015) methyl isothiocyanate, (15.016) metrafenone, (15.017) mildiomycin, (15.018) natamycin, (15.019) nickel dimethyldithiocarbamate, (15.020) nitrothal-isopropyl, (15.021) oxamocarb, (15.022) Oxathiapiprolin, (15.023) oxyfenthiin, (15.024) pentachlorophenol and salts, (15.025) phosphorous acid and its salts, (15.026) propamocarb-fosetylate, (15.027) pyriofenone (chlazafenone), (15.028) tebufloquin, (15.029) tecloftalam, (15.030) tolnifanide, (15.031) 1-(4-{4-[(5R)-5-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-3-yl]-1,3-thiazol-2-yl}piperidin-1-yl)-2-[5-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]ethanone, (15.032) 1-(4-{4-[(5S)-5-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-3-yl]-1,3-thiazol-2-yl}piperidin-1-yl)-2-[5-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]ethanone, (15.033) 2-(6-benzylpyridin-2-yl)quinazoline, (15.034) 2,6-dimethyl-1H,5H-[1,4]dithiino[2,3-c:5,6-c′]dipyrrole-1,3,5,7(2H,6H)-tetrone, (15.035) 2-[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]-1-[4-(4-{5-[2-(prop-2-yn-1-yloxy)phenyl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-3-yl}-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]ethanone, (15.036) 2-[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]-1-[4-(4-{5-[2-chloro-6-(prop-2-yn-1-yloxy)phenyl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-3-yl}-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]ethanone, (15.037) 2-[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]-1-[4-(4-{5-[2-fluoro-6-(prop-2-yn-1-yloxy)phenyl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-3-yl}-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]ethanone, (15.038) 2-[6-(3-fluoro-4-methoxyphenyl)-5-methylpyridin-2-yl]quinazoline, (15.039) 2-{(5R)-3-[2-(1-{[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]acetyl}piperidin-4-yl)-1,3-thiazol-4-yl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-5-yl}-3-chlorophenyl methanesulfonate, (15.040) 2-{(5S)-3-[2-(1-{[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]acetyl}piperidin-4-yl)-1,3-thiazol-4-yl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-5-yl}-3-chlorophenyl methanesulfonate, (15.041) 2-{2-[(7,8-difluoro-2-methylquinolin-3-yl)oxy]-6-fluorophenyl}propan-2-ol, (15.042) 2-{2-fluoro-6-[(8-fluoro-2-methylquinolin-3-yl)oxy]phenyl}propan-2-ol, (15.043) 2-{3-[2-(1-{[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]acetyl}piperidin-4-yl)-1,3-thiazol-4-yl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-5-yl}-3-chlorophenyl methanesulfonate, (15.044) 2-{3-[2-(1-{[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]acetyl}piperidin-4-yl)-1,3-thiazol-4-yl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-5-yl}phenyl methanesulfonate, (15.045) 2-phenylphenol and salts, (15.046) 3-(4,4,5-trifluoro-3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1-yl)quinoline, (15.047) 3-(4,4-difluoro-3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1-yl)quinoline, (15.048) 4-amino-5-fluoropyrimidin-2-ol (tautomeric form: 4-amino-5-fluoropyrimidin-2(1H)-one), (15.049) 4-oxo-4-[(2-phenylethyl)amino]butanoic acid, (15.050) 5-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazole-2-thiol, (15.051) 5-chloro-N‘-phenyl-N’-(prop-2-yn-1-yl)thiophene-2-sulfonohydrazide, (15.052) 5-fluoro-2-[(4-fluorobenzyl)oxy]pyrimidin-4-amine, (15.053) 5-fluoro-2-[(4-methylbenzyl)oxy]pyrimidin-4-amine, (15.054) 9-fluoro-2,2-dimethyl-5-(quinolin-3-yl)-2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzoxazepine, (15.055) but-3-yn-1-yl {6-[({[(Z)-(1-methyl-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)(phenyl)methylene]amino}oxy)methyl]pyridin-2-yl}carbamate, (15.056) ethyl (2Z)-3-amino-2-cyano-3-phenylacrylate, (15.057) phenazine-1-carboxylic acid, (15.058) propyl 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate, (15.059) quinolin-8-ol, (15.060) quinolin-8-ol sulfate (2:1), (15.061) tert-butyl {6-[({[(1-methyl-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)(phenyl)methylene]amino}oxy)methyl]pyridin-2-yl}carbamate, All named mixing partners of the classes (1) to (15) can, if their functional groups enable this, optionally form salts with suitable bases or acids.

In one embodiment Pydiflumetofen can be combined with other active ingredients selected from the group comprising Prothioconazole, Tebuconazole, Metconazole, Difenconazole, Epoxiconazole, Trifloxystrobin, Azoxystrobin, Pyraclostrobin, Fluoxastrobin, Bixafen, Benzovindiflupyr, Fluopyram, Penflufen, Metalaxyl, Mefenoxam, Fenpropimorph and Thiophanate.

In another embodiment Pydiflumetofen can be combined with other active ingredients selected from the group comprising Prothioconazole, Tebuconazole, Metconazole, Difenconazole, Epoxiconazole, and Thiophanate.

The active ingredients specified above by their Common Name are known and described, for example, in The Pesticide Manual (16th Ed. British Crop Protection Council) or can be searched in the internet (e.g. www.alanwood.net/pesticides).

Where a fungicide compound as listed above can be present in tautomeric form, such a compound is understood herein above and herein below also to include, where applicable, corresponding tautomeric forms, even when these are not specifically mentioned in each case.

All named mixing partners of the classes (1) to (15) can, if their functional groups enable this, optionally form salts with suitable bases or acids.

According to the invention all plants and plant material can be treated. By plants is meant all plants and plant populations such as desirable and undesirable wild plants, cultivars (including naturally occurring cultivars) and plant varieties (whether or not protectable by plant variety or plant breeder's rights).

Cultivars and plant varieties can be plants obtained by conventional propagation and breeding methods which can be assisted or supplemented by one or more biotechnological methods such as by use of double haploids, protoplast fusion, random and directed mutagenesis, molecular or genetic markers or by bioengineering and genetic engineering methods including transgenic plants.

By plant material is meant all above ground and below ground parts and organs of plants such as shoot, leaf, flower, blossom and root, whereby for example ears, head, spike, tassels, leaves, needles, stems, branches, blossoms, fruiting bodies, fruits and seed as well as roots, corms and rhizomes are listed.

In a particular embodiment the plant material to be treated are leaves, shoots, flowers, grains, seeds, head, spikes.

In a particular embodiment the plant material to be treated are leaves, shoots, spikes, heads, grains, seeds.

By ‘plant propagation material’ is meant generative and vegetative parts of a plant including seeds of all kinds (fruit, tubers, bulbs, grains etc), runners, pods, fruiting bodies, roots, rhizomes, cuttings, corms, cut shoots and the like.

Plant propagation material may also include plants and young plants which are to be transplanted after germination or after emergence from the soil.

Among the plants that can be protected by the method according to the invention, mention may be made of major field crops like corn, soybean, cotton, Brassica oilseeds such as Brassica napus (e.g. canola), Brassica rapa, B. juncea (e.g. mustard) and Brassica carinata, rice, wheat, sugarbeet, sugarcane, oats, rye, barley, millet, triticale, flax, vine and various fruits and vegetables of various botanical taxa such as Rosaceae sp. (for instance pip fruit such as apples and pears, but also stone fruit such as apricots, cherries, almonds and peaches, berry fruits such as strawberries), Ribesioidae sp., Juglandaceae sp., Betulaceae sp., Anacardiaceae sp., Fagaceae sp., Moraceae sp., Oleaceae sp., Actinidaceae sp., Lauraceae sp., Musaceae sp. (for instance banana trees and plantings), Rubiaceae sp. (for instance coffee), Theaceae sp., Sterculiceae sp., Rutaceae sp. (for instance lemons, oranges and grapefruit); Solanaceae sp. (for instance tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, eggplant), Liliaceae sp., Compositiae sp. (for instance lettuce, artichoke and chicory—including root chicory, endive or common chicory), Umbelliferae sp. (for instance carrot, parsley, celery and celeriac), Cucurbitaceae sp. (for instance cucumber—including pickling cucumber, squash, watermelon, gourds and melons), Alliaceae sp. (for instance onions and leek), Cruciferae sp. (for instance white cabbage, red cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, pak choi, kohlrabi, radish, horseradish, cress, Chinese cabbage), Leguminosae sp. (for instance peanuts, peas and beans beans—such as climbing beans and broad beans), Chenopodiaceae sp. (for instance mangold, spinach beet, spinach, beetroots), Malvaceae (for instance okra), Asparagaceae (for instance asparagus); horticultural and forest crops; ornamental plants; as well as genetically modified homologues of these crops.

In a particular embodiment crops from the family of Poaceae which is comprised of wheat, oat, barley, rye, triticale, millet, corn, maize can be protected by the method of the invention.

In a very particular embodiment wheat, oat, barley, rye, triticale can be protected by the method of the invention.

The methods, Pydiflumetofen and compositions comprising Pydiflumetofen are suitable for reducing mycotoxin contamination on a number of plants and their propagation material including, but not limited to the following target crops: vine, flaxcotton, cereals (wheat, barley, rye, oats, millet, triticale, maize (including field corn, pop corn and sweet corn), rice, sorghum and related crops); beet (sugar beet and fodder beet); sugar beet, sugar cane, leguminous plants (beans, lentils, peas, soybeans); oil plants (rape, mustard, sunflowers), Brassica oilseeds such as Brassica napus (e.g. canola), Brassica rapa, B. juncea (e.g. mustard) and Brassica carinata; cucumber plants (marrows, cucumbers, melons); fibre plants (cotton, flax, hemp, jute); vegetables (spinach, lettuce, asparagus, cabbages, carrots, eggplants, onions, pepper, tomatoes, potatoes, paprika, okra); plantation crops (bananas, fruit trees, rubber trees, tree nurseries), ornamentals (flowers, shrubs, broad-leaved trees and evergreens, such as conifers); as well as other plants such as vines, bushberries (such as blueberries), caneberries, cranberries, peppermint, rhubarb, spearmint, sugar cane and turf grasses including, but not limited to, cool-season turf grasses (for example, bluegrasses (Poa L.), such as Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.), rough bluegrass (Poa trivialis L.), Canada bluegrass (Poa compressa L.) and annual bluegrass (Poa annua L.); bentgrasses (Agrostis L.), such as creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris Huds.), colonial bentgrass (Agrostis tenius Sibth.), velvet bentgrass (Agrostis canina L.) and redtop (Agrostis alba L.); fescues (Festuca L.), such as tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.), meadow fescue (Festuca elatior L.) and fine fescues such as creeping red fescue (Festuca rubra L.), chewings fescue (Festuca rubra var. commutata Gaud.), sheep fescue (Festuca ovina L.) and hard fescue (Festuca longifolia); and ryegrasses (Lolium L.), such as perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and annual (Italian) ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.)) and warm-season turf grasses (for example, Bermudagrasses (Cynodon L. C. Rich), including hybrid and common Bermudagrass; Zoysiagrasses (Zoysia Willd.), St. Augustinegrass (Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walt.) Kuntze); and centipedegrass (Eremochloa ophiuroides (Munro.) Hack.)); various fruits and vegetables of various botanical taxa such as Rosaceae sp. (for instance pip fruit such as apples and pears, but also stone fruit such as apricots, cherries, almonds and peaches, berry fruits such as strawberries), Ribesioidae sp., Juglandaceae sp., Betulaceae sp., Anacardiaceae sp., Fagaceae sp., Moraceae sp., Oleaceae sp., Actinidaceae sp., Lauraceae sp., Musaceae sp. (for instance banana trees and plantings), Rubiaceae sp. (for instance coffee), Theaceae sp., Sterculiceae sp., Rutaceae sp. (for instance lemons, oranges and grapefruit); Solanaceae sp. (for instance tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, eggplant), Liliaceae sp., Compositiae sp. (for instance lettuce, artichoke and chicory—including root chicory, endive or common chicory), Umbelliferae sp. (for instance carrot, parsley, celery and celeriac), Cucurbitaceae sp. (for instance cucumber—including pickling cucumber, squash, watermelon, gourds and melons), Alliaceae sp. (for instance onions and leek), Cruciferae sp. (for instance white cabbage, red cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, pak choi, kohlrabi, radish, horseradish, cress, Chinese cabbage), Leguminosae sp. (for instance peanuts, peas and beans beans—such as climbing beans and broad beans), Chenopodiaceae sp. (for instance mangold, spinach beet, spinach, beetroots), Malvaceae (for instance okra), Asparagaceae (for instance asparagus); horticultural and forest crops; ornamental plants; as well as genetically modified homologues of these crops.

The method of treatment according to the invention can be used in the treatment of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), e.g. plants or seeds. Genetically modified plants (or transgenic plants) are plants in which a heterologous gene has been stably integrated into the genome. The expression “heterologous gene” essentially means a gene which is provided or assembled outside the plant and when introduced in the nuclear, chloroplastic or mitochondrial genome gives the transformed plant new or improved agronomic or other properties by expressing a protein or polypeptide of interest or by downregulating or silencing other gene(s) which are present in the plant (using for example, antisense technology, co suppression technology or RNA interference—RNAi—technology). A heterologous gene that is located in the genome is also called a transgene. A transgene that is defined by its particular location in the plant genome is called a transformation or transgenic event.

Depending on the plant species or plant cultivars, their location and growth conditions (soils, climate, vegetation period, diet), the treatment according to the invention may also result in superadditive (“synergistic”) effects. Thus, for example, reduced application rates and/or a widening of the activity spectrum and/or an increase in the activity of Pydiflumetofen and compositions comprising Pydiflumetofen, better plant growth, increased tolerance to high or low temperatures, increased tolerance to drought or to water or soil salt content, increased flowering performance, easier harvesting, accelerated maturation, higher harvest yields, bigger fruits, larger plant height, greener leaf color, earlier flowering, higher quality and/or a higher nutritional value of the harvested products, higher sugar concentration within the fruits, better storage stability and/or processability of the harvested products are possible, which exceed the effects which were actually to be expected.

At certain application rates, Pydiflumetofen and compositions comprising Pydiflumetofen may also have a strengthening effect in plants. Accordingly, they are also suitable for mobilizing the defense system of the plant against attack by unwanted phytopathogenic fungi and/or microorganisms and/or viruses. This may, if appropriate, be one of the reasons of the enhanced activity of the combinations according to the invention, for example against fungi. Plant-strengthening (resistance-inducing) substances are to be understood as meaning, in the present context, those substances or combinations of substances which are capable of stimulating the defense system of plants in such a way that, when subsequently inoculated with unwanted phytopathogenic fungi and/or microorganisms and/or viruses, the treated plants display a substantial degree of resistance to these unwanted phytopathogenic fungi and/or microorganisms and/or viruses. In the present case, unwanted phytopathogenic fungi and/or microorganisms and/or viruses are to be understood as meaning phytopathogenic fungi, bacteria and viruses. Thus, the substances according to the invention can be employed for protecting plants against attack by the abovementioned pathogens within a certain period of time after the treatment. The period of time within which protection is effected generally extends from 1 to 10 days, preferably 1 to 7 days, after the treatment of the plants with Pydiflumetofen and compositions comprising Pydiflumetofen.

Plants and plant cultivars which are preferably to be treated according to the invention include all plants which have genetic material which impart particularly advantageous, useful traits to these plants (whether obtained by breeding and/or biotechnological means).

Plants and plant cultivars which are also preferably to be treated according to the invention are resistant against one or more biotic stresses, i.e. said plants show a better defense against animal and microbial pests, such as against nematodes, insects, mites, phytopathogenic fungi, bacteria, viruses and/or viroids.

Plants and plant cultivars which may also be treated according to the invention are those plants which are resistant to one or more abiotic stresses. Abiotic stress conditions may include, for example, drought, cold temperature exposure, heat exposure, osmotic stress, flooding, increased soil salinity, increased mineral exposure, ozon exposure, high light exposure, limited availability of nitrogen nutrients, limited availability of phosphorus nutrients, shade avoidance.

Plants and plant cultivars which may also be treated according to the invention, are those plants characterized by enhanced yield characteristics. Increased yield in said plants can be the result of, for example, improved plant physiology, growth and development, such as water use efficiency, water retention efficiency, improved nitrogen use, enhanced carbon assimilation, improved photosynthesis, increased germination efficiency and accelerated maturation. Yield can furthermore be affected by improved plant architecture (under stress and non-stress conditions), including but not limited to, early flowering, flowering control for hybrid seed production, seedling vigor, plant size, internode number and distance, root growth, seed size, fruit size, pod size, pod or ear number, seed number per pod or ear, seed mass, enhanced seed filling, reduced seed dispersal, reduced pod dehiscence and lodging resistance. Further yield traits include seed composition, such as carbohydrate content, protein content, oil content and composition, nutritional value, reduction in anti-nutritional compounds, improved processability and better storage stability.

Plants that may be treated according to the invention are hybrid plants that already express the characteristic of heterosis or hybrid vigor which results in generally higher yield, vigor, health and resistance towards biotic and abiotic stress factors. Such plants are typically made by crossing an inbred male-sterile parent line (the female parent) with another inbred male-fertile parent line (the male parent). Hybrid seed is typically harvested from the male sterile plants and sold to growers. Male sterile plants can sometimes (e.g. in corn) be produced by detasseling, i.e. the mechanical removal of the male reproductive organs (or males flowers) but, more typically, male sterility is the result of genetic determinants in the plant genome. In that case, and especially when seed is the desired product to be harvested from the hybrid plants it is typically useful to ensure that male fertility in the hybrid plants is fully restored. This can be accomplished by ensuring that the male parents have appropriate fertility restorer genes which are capable of restoring the male fertility in hybrid plants that contain the genetic determinants responsible for male-sterility. Genetic determinants for male sterility may be located in the cytoplasm. Examples of cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) were for instance described in Brassica species. However, genetic determinants for male sterility can also be located in the nuclear genome. Male sterile plants can also be obtained by plant biotechnology methods such as genetic engineering. A particularly useful means of obtaining male-sterile plants is described in WO 1989/10396 in which, for example, a ribonuclease such as barnase is selectively expressed in the tapetum cells in the stamens. Fertility can then be restored by expression in the tapetum cells of a ribonuclease inhibitor such as barstar.

Plants or plant cultivars (obtained by plant biotechnology methods such as genetic engineering) which may be treated according to the invention are herbicide-tolerant plants, i.e. plants made tolerant to one or more given herbicides. Such plants can be obtained either by genetic transformation, or by selection of plants containing a mutation imparting such herbicide tolerance.

Herbicide-tolerant plants are for example glyphosate-tolerant plants, i.e. plants made tolerant to the herbicide glyphosate or salts thereof. Plants can be made tolerant to glyphosate through different means. For example, glyphosate-tolerant plants can be obtained by transforming the plant with a gene encoding the enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS). Examples of such EPSPS genes are the AroA gene (mutant CT7) of the bacterium Salmonella typhimurium, the CP4 gene of the bacterium Agrobacterium sp., the genes encoding a Petunia EPSPS, a Tomato EPSPS, or an Eleusine EPSPS (WO 2001/66704). It can also be a mutated EPSPS. Glyphosate-tolerant plants can also be obtained by expressing a gene that encodes a glyphosate oxido-reductase enzyme. Glyphosate-tolerant plants can also be obtained by expressing a gene that encodes a glyphosate acetyl transferase enzyme. Glyphosate-tolerant plants can also be obtained by selecting plants containing naturally-occurring mutations of the above-mentioned genes.

Other herbicide resistant plants are for example plants that are made tolerant to herbicides inhibiting the enzyme glutamine synthase, such as bialaphos, phosphinothricin or glufosinate. Such plants can be obtained by expressing an enzyme detoxifying the herbicide or a mutant glutamine synthase enzyme that is resistant to inhibition. One such efficient detoxifying enzyme is an enzyme encoding a phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (such as the bar or pat protein from Streptomyces species). Plants expressing an exogenous phosphinothricin acetyltransferase are described.

Further herbicide-tolerant plants are also plants that are made tolerant to the herbicides inhibiting the enzyme hydroxyphenylpyruvatedioxygenase (HPPD). Hydroxyphenylpyruvatedioxygenases are enzymes that catalyze the reaction in which para-hydroxyphenylpyruvate (HPP) is transformed into homogentisate. Plants tolerant to HPPD-inhibitors can be transformed with a gene encoding a naturally-occurring resistant HPPD enzyme, or a gene encoding a mutated HPPD enzyme. Tolerance to HPPD-inhibitors can also be obtained by transforming plants with genes encoding certain enzymes enabling the formation of homogentisate despite the inhibition of the native HPPD enzyme by the HPPD-inhibitor. Tolerance of plants to HPPD inhibitors can also be improved by transforming plants with a gene encoding an enzyme prephenate dehydrogenase in addition to a gene encoding an HPPD-tolerant enzyme.

Still further herbicide resistant plants are plants that are made tolerant to acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitors. Known ALS-inhibitors include, for example, sulfonylurea, imidazolinone, triazolopyrimidines, pyrimidinyloxy(thio)benzoates, and/or sulfonylaminocarbonyltriazolinone herbicides. Different mutations in the ALS enzyme (also known as acetohydroxyacid synthase, AHAS) are known to confer tolerance to different herbicides and groups of herbicides. The production of sulfonylurea-tolerant plants and imidazolinone-tolerant plants is described. Other imidazolinone-tolerant plants are also described. Further sulfonylurea- and imidazolinone-tolerant plants are also described.

Other plants tolerant to imidazolinone and/or sulfonylurea can be obtained by induced mutagenesis, selection in cell cultures in the presence of the herbicide or mutation breeding as described for soybeans, for rice, for sugar beet, for lettuce, or for sunflower.

Plants or plant cultivars (obtained by plant biotechnology methods such as genetic engineering) which may also be treated according to the invention are insect-resistant transgenic plants, i.e. plants made resistant to attack by certain target insects. Such plants can be obtained by genetic transformation, or by selection of plants containing a mutation imparting such insect resistance.

An “insect-resistant transgenic plant”, as used herein, includes any plant containing at least one transgene comprising a coding sequence encoding:

-   1) an insecticidal crystal protein from Bacillus thuringiensis or an     insecticidal portion thereof, such as the insecticidal crystal     proteins listed at the Bacillus thuringiensis toxin nomenclature,     online at: http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/Home/Neil_Crickmore/Bt/),     or insecticidal portions thereof, e.g., proteins of the Cry protein     classes Cry1Ab, Cry1Ac, Cry1F, Cry2Ab, Cry3Aa, or Cry3Bb or     insecticidal portions thereof; or -   2) a crystal protein from Bacillus thuringiensis or a portion     thereof which is insecticidal in the presence of a second other     crystal protein from Bacillus thuringiensis or a portion thereof,     such as the binary toxin made up of the Cry34 and Cry35 crystal     proteins; or -   3) a hybrid insecticidal protein comprising parts of different     insecticidal crystal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis, such as a     hybrid of the proteins of 1) above or a hybrid of the proteins of 2)     above, e.g., the Cry1A.105 protein produced by corn event MON98034;     or -   4) a protein of any one of 1) to 3) above wherein some, particularly     1 to 10, amino acids have been replaced by another amino acid to     obtain a higher insecticidal activity to a target insect species,     and/or to expand the range of target insect species affected, and/or     because of changes introduced into the encoding DNA during cloning     or transformation, such as the Cry3Bb1 protein in corn events MON863     or MON88017, or the Cry3A protein in corn event MIR604; -   5) an insecticidal secreted protein from Bacillus thuringiensis or     Bacillus cereus, or an insecticidal portion thereof, such as the     vegetative insecticidal (VIP) proteins listed at:     -   http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/home/Neil_Crickmore/Bt/vip.html,         e.g., proteins from the VIP3Aa protein class; or -   6) a secreted protein from Bacillus thuringiensis or Bacillus cereus     which is insecticidal in the presence of a second secreted protein     from Bacillus thuringiensis or B. cereus, such as the binary toxin     made up of the VIP1A and VIP2A proteins; or -   7) a hybrid insecticidal protein comprising parts from different     secreted proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis or Bacillus cereus,     such as a hybrid of the proteins in 1) above or a hybrid of the     proteins in 2) above; or -   8) a protein of any one of 1) to 3) above wherein some, particularly     1 to 10, amino acids have been replaced by another amino acid to     obtain a higher insecticidal activity to a target insect species,     and/or to expand the range of target insect species affected, and/or     because of changes introduced into the encoding DNA during cloning     or transformation (while still encoding an insecticidal protein),     such as the VIP3Aa protein in cotton event COT102.

Of course, an insect-resistant transgenic plant, as used herein, also includes any plant comprising a combination of genes encoding the proteins of any one of the above classes 1 to 8. In one embodiment, an insect-resistant plant contains more than one transgene encoding a protein of any one of the above classes 1 to 8, to expand the range of target insect species affected when using different proteins directed at different target insect species, or to delay insect resistance development to the plants by using different proteins insecticidal to the same target insect species but having a different mode of action, such as binding to different receptor binding sites in the insect.

Plants or plant cultivars (obtained by plant biotechnology methods such as genetic engineering) which may also be treated according to the invention are tolerant to abiotic stresses. Such plants can be obtained by genetic transformation, or by selection of plants containing a mutation imparting such stress resistance. Particularly useful stress tolerance plants include:

-   a. plants which contain a transgene capable of reducing the     expression and/or the activity of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP)     gene in the plant cells or plants. -   b. plants which contain a stress tolerance enhancing transgene     capable of reducing the expression and/or the activity of the PARG     encoding genes of the plants or plants cells. -   c. plants which contain a stress tolerance enhancing transgene     coding for a plant-functional enzyme of the nicotinamide adenine     dinucleotide salvage synthesis pathway including nicotinamidase,     nicotinate phosphoribosyltransferase, nicotinic acid mononucleotide     adenyl transferase, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide synthetase or     nicotine amide phosphoribosyltransferase.

Plants or plant cultivars (obtained by plant biotechnology methods such as genetic engineering) which may also be treated according to the invention show altered quantity, quality and/or storage-stability of the harvested product and/or altered properties of specific ingredients of the harvested product such as:

-   1) transgenic plants which synthesize a modified starch, which in     its physical-chemical characteristics, in particular the amylose     content or the amylose/amylopectin ratio, the degree of branching,     the average chain length, the side chain distribution, the viscosity     behaviour, the gelling strength, the starch grain size and/or the     starch grain morphology, is changed in comparison with the     synthesised starch in wild type plant cells or plants, so that this     is better suited for special applications. Said transgenic plants     synthesizing a modified starch are disclosed. -   2) transgenic plants which synthesize non starch carbohydrate     polymers or which synthesize non starch carbohydrate polymers with     altered properties in comparison to wild type plants without genetic     modification. Examples are plants producing polyfructose, especially     of the inulin and levan-type, plants producing alpha 1,4 glucans,     plants producing alpha-1,6 branched alpha-1,4-glucans, plants     producing alternan, -   3) transgenic plants which produce hyaluronan.

Plants or plant cultivars (that can be obtained by plant biotechnology methods such as genetic engineering) which may also be treated according to the invention are plants, such as cotton plants, with altered fiber characteristics. Such plants can be obtained by genetic transformation, or by selection of plants contain a mutation imparting such altered fiber characteristics and include:

-   a) Plants, such as cotton plants, containing an altered form of     cellulose synthase genes, -   b) Plants, such as cotton plants, containing an altered form of rsw2     or rsw3 homologous nucleic acids, -   c) Plants, such as cotton plants, with increased expression of     sucrose phosphate synthase, -   d) Plants, such as cotton plants, with increased expression of     sucrose synthase, -   e) Plants, such as cotton plants, wherein the timing of the     plasmodesmatal gating at the basis of the fiber cell is altered,     e.g. through downregulation of fiberselective β 1,3-glucanase, -   f) Plants, such as cotton plants, having fibers with altered     reactivity, e.g. through the expression of     N-acteylglucosaminetransferase gene including nodC and     chitinsynthase genes.

Plants or plant cultivars (that can be obtained by plant biotechnology methods such as genetic engineering) which may also be treated according to the invention are plants, such as oilseed rape or related Brassica plants, with altered oil profile characteristics. Such plants can be obtained by genetic transformation or by selection of plants contain a mutation imparting such altered oil characteristics and include:

-   a) Plants, such as oilseed rape plants, producing oil having a high     oleic acid content, -   b) Plants such as oilseed rape plants, producing oil having a low     linolenic acid content, -   c) Plant such as oilseed rape plants, producing oil having a low     level of saturated fatty acids.

Particularly useful transgenic plants which may be treated according to the invention are plants which comprise one or more genes which encode one or more toxins, such as the following which are sold under the trade names YIELD GARD® (for example maize, cotton, soya beans), KnockOut® (for example maize), BiteGard® (for example maize), Bt-Xtra® (for example maize), StarLink® (for example maize), Bollgard® (cotton), Nucotn® (cotton), Nucotn 33B® (cotton), NatureGard® (for example maize), Protecta® and NewLeaf® (potato). Examples of herbicide-tolerant plants which may be mentioned are maize varieties, cotton varieties and soya bean varieties which are sold under the trade names Roundup Ready® (tolerance to glyphosate, for example maize, cotton, soya bean), Liberty Link® (tolerance to phosphinotricin, for example oilseed rape), IMI® (tolerance to imidazolinones) and STS® (tolerance to sulphonylureas, for example maize). Herbicide-resistant plants (plants bred in a conventional manner for herbicide tolerance) which may be mentioned include the varieties sold under the name Clearfield® (for example maize).

Particularly useful transgenic plants which may be treated according to the invention are plants containing transformation events, or combination of transformation events, that are listed for example in the databases from various national or regional regulatory agencies (see for example http://gmoinfo.irc.it/gmp_browse.aspx and http://www.agbios.com/dbase.ph).

TABLE A Trans- genic No. event Company Description Crop A-1 ASR368 Scotts Seeds Glyphosate tolerance derived by inserting a modified 5-enolpyruvylshikimate- Agrostis 3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) encoding gene from Agrobacterium stolonifera tumefaciens. Creeping Bentgrass A-2 H7-1 Monsanto Company Glyphosate herbicide tolerant sugar beet produced by inserting a gene Beta vulgaris encoding the enzyme 5-enolypyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) from the CP4 strain of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. A-3 T120-7 Bayer CropScience Introduction of the PPT-acetyltransferase (PAT) encoding gene from Beta vulgaris (Aventis Streptomyces viridochromogenes, an aerobic soil bacteria. PPT normally acts CropScience(AgrEvo)) to inhibit glutamine synthetase, causing a fatal accumulation of ammonia. Acetylated PPT is inactive. A-4 GTSB77 Novartis Seeds; Glyphosate herbicide tolerant sugar beet produced by inserting a gene Beta vulgaris Monsanto encoding the enzyme 5-enolypyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) sugar Beet Company from the CP4 strain of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. A-5 23-18-17, Monsanto Company High laurate (12:0) and myristate (14:0) canola produced by inserting a Brassica napus 23-198 (formerly Calgene) thioesterase encoding gene from the California bay laurel (Argentine (Umbellularia californica). Canola) A-6 45A37, Pioneer Hi-Bred High oleic acid and low linolenic acid canola produced through a combination Brassica napus 46A40 International Inc. of chemical mutagenesis to select for a fatty acid desaturase mutant with (Argentine elevated oleic acid, and traditional back-crossing to introduce the low linolenic Canola) acid trait. A-7 46A12, Pioneer Hi-Bred Combination of chemical mutagenesis, to achieve the high oleic acid trait, and Brassica napus 46A16 International Inc. traditional breeding with registered canola varieties. (Argentine Canola) A-8 GT200 Monsanto Company Glyphosate herbicide tolerant canola produced by inserting genes encoding the Brassica napus enzymes 5-enolypyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) from the (Argentine CP4 strain of Agrobacterium tumefaciens and glyphosate oxidase from Canola) Ochrobactrum anthropi. A-9 GT73, Monsanto Company Glyphosate herbicide tolerant canola produced by inserting genes encoding the Brassica napus RT73 enzymes 5-enolypyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) from the (Argentine CP4 strain of Agrobacterium tumefaciens and glyphosate oxidase from Canola) Ochrobactrum anthropi. A-10 HCN10 Aventis CropScience Introduction of the PPT-acetyltransferase (PAT) encoding gene from Brassica napus Streptomyces viridochromogenes, an aerobic soil bacteria. PPT normally acts (Argentine to inhibit glutamine synthetase, causing a fatal accumulation of ammonia. Canola) Acetylated PPT is inactive. A-11 HCN92 Bayer CropScience Introduction of the PPT-acetyltransferase (PAT) encoding gene from Brassica napus (Aventis Streptomyces viridochromogenes, an aerobic soil bacteria. PPT normally acts (Argentine CropScience(AgrEvo)) to inhibit glutamine synthetase, causing a fatal accumulation of ammonia. Canola) Acetylated PPT is inactive. A-12 MS1, RF1 => Aventis CropScience Male-sterility, fertility restoration, pollination control system displaying Brassica napus PGS1 (formerly Plant Genetic glufosinate herbicide tolerance. MS lines contained the barnase gene from (Argentine Systems) Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, RF lines contained the barstar gene from the same Canola) bacteria, and both lines contained the phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) encoding gene from Streptomyces hygroscopicus. A-13 MS1, RF2 => Aventis CropScience Male-sterility, fertility restoration, pollination control system displaying Brassica napus PGS2 (formerly Plant Genetic glufosinate herbicide tolerance. MS lines contained the barnase gene from (Argentine Systems) Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, RF lines contained the barstar gene from the same Canola) bacteria, and both lines contained the phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) encoding gene from Streptomyces hygroscopicus. A-14 MS8 × RF3 Bayer CropScience Male-sterility, fertility restoration, pollination control system displaying Brassica napus (Aventis glufosinate herbicide tolerance. MS lines contained the barnase gene from (Argentine CropScience(AgrEvo)) Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, RF lines contained the barstar gene from the same Canola) bacteria, and both lines contained the phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) encoding gene from Streptomyces hygroscopicus. A-15 NS738, Pioneer Hi-Bred Selection of somaclonal variants with altered acetolactate synthase (ALS) Brassica napus NS1471, International Inc. enzymes, following chemical mutagenesis. Two lines (P1, P2) were initially (Argentine NS1473 selected with modifications at different unlinked loci. NS738 contains the P2 Canola) mutation only. A-16 OXY-235 Aventis CropScience Tolerance to the herbicides bromoxynil and ioxynil by incorporation of the Brassica napus (formerly Rhône Poulenc nitrilase gene from Klebsiella pneumoniae. (Argentine Inc.) Canola) A-17 PHY14, Aventis CropScience Male sterility was via insertion of the barnase ribonuclease gene from Bacillus Brassica napus PHY35 (formerly Plant Genetic amyloliquefaciens; fertility restoration by insertion of the barstar RNase (Argentine Systems) inhibitor; PPT resistance was via PPT-acetyltransferase (PAT) from Canola) Streptomyces hygroscopicus. A-18 PHY36 Aventis CropScience Male sterility was via insertion of the barnase ribonuclease gene from Bacillus Brassica napus (formerly Plant Genetic amyloliquefaciens; fertility restoration by insertion of the barstar RNase (Argentine Systems) inhibitor; PPT resistance was via PPT-acetyltransferase (PAT) from Canola) Streptomyces hygroscopicus. A-19 T45 Bayer CropScience Introduction of the PPT-acetyltransferase (PAT) encoding gene from Brassica napus (HCN28) (Aventis Streptomyces viridochromogenes, an aerobic soil bacteria. PPT normally acts (Argentine CropScience(AgrEvo)) to inhibit glutamine synthetase, causing a fatal accumulation of ammonia. Canola) Acetylated PPT is inactive. A-20 HCR-1 Bayer CropScience Introduction of the glufosinate ammonium herbicide tolerance trait from Brassica rapa (Aventis transgenic B. napus line T45. This trait is mediated by the phosphinothricin (Polish Canola) CropScience(AgrEvo)) acetyltransferase (PAT) encoding gene from S. viridochromogenes. A-21 ZSR500/ Monsanto Company Introduction of a modified 5-enol-pyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase Brassica rapa 502 (EPSPS) and a gene from Achromobacter sp that degrades glyphosate by (Polish Canola) conversion to aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) and glyoxylate by interspecific crossing with GT73. A-22 55-1/63-1 Cornell University Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) resistant papaya produced by inserting the coat Carica papaya protein (CP) encoding sequences from this plant potyvirus. (Papaya) A-23 RM3-3, Bejo Zaden BV Male sterility was via insertion of the barnase ribonuclease gene from Bacillus Cichorium RM3-4, amyloliquefaciens; PPT resistance was via the bar gene from S. hygroscopicus, intybus RM3-6 which encodes the PAT enzyme. (Chicory) A-24 A, B Agritope Inc. Reduced accumulation of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), and consequently Cucumis melo reduced ethylene synthesis, by introduction of the gene encoding S- (Melon) adenosylmethionine hydrolase. A-25 CZW-3 Asgrow (USA); Seminis Cucumber mosiac virus (CMV), zucchini yellows mosaic (ZYMV) and Cucurbita pepo Vegetable Inc. (Canada) watermelon mosaic virus (WMV) 2 resistant squash (Curcurbita pepo) (Squash) produced by inserting the coat protein (CP) encoding sequences from each of these plant viruses into the host genome. A-26 ZW20 Upjohn (USA); Seminis Zucchini yellows mosaic (ZYMV) and watermelon mosaic virus (WMV) 2 Cucurbita pepo Vegetable Inc. (Canada) resistant squash (Curcurbita pepo) produced by inserting the coat protein (CP) (Squash) encoding sequences from each of these plant potyviruses into the host genome. A-27 66 Florigene Pty Ltd. Delayed senescence and sulfonylurea herbicide tolerant carnations produced Dianthus by inserting a truncated copy of the carnation aminocyclopropane cyclase caryophyllus (ACC) synthase encoding gene in order to suppress expression of the (Carnation) endogenous unmodified gene, which is required for normal ethylene biosynthesis. Tolerance to sulfonyl urea herbicides was via the introduction of a chlorsulfuron tolerant version of the acetolactate synthase (ALS) encoding gene from tobacco. A-28 4, 11, 15, Florigene Pty Ltd. Modified colour and sulfonylurea herbicide tolerant carnations produced by Dianthus 16 inserting two anthocyanin biosynthetic genes whose expression results in a caryophyllus violet/mauve colouration. Tolerance to sulfonyl urea herbicides was via the (Carnation) introduction of a chlorsulfuron tolerant version of the acetolactate synthase (ALS) encoding gene from tobacco. A-29 959A, Florigene Pty Ltd. Introduction of two anthocyanin biosynthetic genes to result in a violet/mauve Dianthus 988A, colouration; Introduction of a variant form of acetolactate synthase (ALS). caryophyllus 1226A, (Carnation) 1351A, 1363A, 1400A A-30 A2704- Aventis CropScience Glufosinate ammonium herbicide tolerant soybean produced by inserting a Glycine max 12, modified phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT) encoding gene from the L. (Soybean) A2704- soil bacterium Streptomyces viridochromogenes. 21, A5547-35 A-31 A5547- Bayer CropScience Glufosinate ammonium herbicide tolerant soybean produced by inserting a Glycine max 127 (Aventis modified phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT) encoding gene from the L. (Soybean) CropScience(AgrEvo)) soil bacterium Streptomyces viridochromogenes. A-32 DP356043 Pioneer Hi-Bred Soybean event with two herbicide tolerance genes: glyphosate N- Glycine max International Inc. acetlytransferase, which detoxifies glyphosate, and a modified acetolactate L. (Soybean) synthase (A A-33 G94-1, DuPont Canada High oleic acid soybean produced by inserting a second copy of the fatty acid Glycine max G94-19, Agricultural Products desaturase (GmFad2-1) encoding gene from soybean, which resulted in L. (Soybean) G168 “silencing” of the endogenous host gene. A-34 GTS 40- Monsanto Company Glyphosate tolerant soybean variety produced by inserting a modified 5- Glycine max 3-2 enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) encoding gene from the L. (Soybean) soil bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens. A-35 GU262 Bayer CropScience Glufosinate ammonium herbicide tolerant soybean produced by inserting a Glycine max (Aventis modified phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT) encoding gene from the L. (Soybean) CropScience(AgrEvo)) soil bacterium Streptomyces viridochromogenes. A-36 MON89788 Monsanto Company Glyphosate-tolerant soybean produced by inserting a modified 5- Glycine max enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) encoding aroA (epsps) L. (Soybean) gene from Agrobacterium tumefaciens CP4. A-37 OT96-15 Agriculture & Agri-Food Low linolenic acid soybean produced through traditional cross-breeding to Glycine max Canada incorporate the novel trait from a naturally occurring fan1 gene mutant that L. (Soybean) was selected for low linolenic acid. A-38 W62, Bayer CropScience Glufosinate ammonium herbicide tolerant soybean produced by inserting a Glycine max W98 (Aventis modified phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT) encoding gene from the L. (Soybean) CropScience(AgrEvo)) soil bacterium Streptomyces hygroscopicus. A-39 15985 Monsanto Company Insect resistant cotton derived by transformation of the DP50B parent variety, Gossypium which contained event 531 (expressing Cry1Ac protein), with purified plasmid hirsutum DNA containing the cry2Ab gene from B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki. L. (Cotton) A-40 19-51A DuPont Canada Introduction of a variant form of acetolactate synthase (ALS). Gossypium Agricultural Products hirsutum L. (Cotton) A-41 281-24- DOW AgroSciences LLC Insect-resistant cotton produced by inserting the cry1F gene from Bacillus Gossypium 236 thuringiensis var. aizawai. The PAT encoding gene from Streptomyces hirsutum viridochromogenes was introduced as a selectable marker. L. (Cotton) A-42 3006-210- DOW AgroSciences LLC Insect-resistant cotton produced by inserting the cry1Ac gene from Bacillus Gossypium 23 thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki. The PAT encoding gene from Streptomyces hirsutum viridochromogenes was introduced as a selectable marker. L. (Cotton) A-43 31807/ Calgene Inc. Insect-resistant and bromoxynil herbicide tolerant cotton produced by inserting Gossypium 31808 the cry1Ac gene from Bacillus thuringiensis and a nitrilase encoding gene hirsutum from Klebsiella pneumoniae. L. (Cotton) A-44 BXN Calgene Inc. Bromoxynil herbicide tolerant cotton produced by inserting a nitrilase Gossypium encoding gene from Klebsiella pneumoniae. hirsutum L. (Cotton) A-45 COT102 Syngenta Seeds, Inc. Insect-resistant cotton produced by inserting the vip3A(a) gene from Bacillus Gossypium thuringiensis AB88. The APH4 encoding gene from E. coli was introduced as a hirsutum selectable marker. L. (Cotton) A-46 DAS- DOW AgroSciences LLC WideStrike ™, a stacked insect-resistant cotton derived from conventional Gossypium 21Ø23-5 × cross-breeding of parental lines 3006-210-23 (OECD identifier: DAS-21Ø23- hirsutum DAS- 5) and 281-24-236 (OECD identifier: DAS-24236-5). L. (Cotton) 24236-5 A-47 DAS- DOW AgroSciences LLC Stacked insect-resistant and glyphosate-tolerant cotton derived from Gossypium 21Ø23-5 × and Pioneer Hi-Bred conventional cross-breeding of WideStrike cotton (OECD identifier: DAS- hirsutum DAS- International Inc. 21Ø23-5 × DAS-24236-5) with MON88913, known as RoundupReady Flex L. (Cotton) 24236-5 × (OECD identifier: MON-88913-8). MON88913 A-48 DAS- DOW AgroSciences LLC WideStrike ™/Roundup Ready ® cotton, a stacked insect-resistant and Gossypium 21Ø23-5 × glyphosate-tolerant cotton derived from conventional cross-breeding of hirsutum DAS- WideStrike cotton (OECD identifier: DAS-21Ø23-5 × DAS-24236-5) with L. (Cotton) 24236-5 × MON1445 (OECD identifier: MON-Ø1445-2). MON- Ø1445-2 A-49 LLCotton25 Bayer CropScience Glufosinate ammonium herbicide tolerant cotton produced by inserting a Gossypium (Aventis modified phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT) encoding gene from the hirsutum CropScience(AgrEvo)) soil bacterium Streptomyces hygroscopicus. L. (Cotton) A-50 LLCotton25 × Bayer CropScience Stacked herbicide tolerant and insect resistant cotton combining tolerance to Gossypium MON15985 (Aventis glufosinate ammonium herbicide from LLCotton25 (OECD identifier: ACS- hirsutum CropScience(AgrEvo)) GHØØ1-3) with resistance to insects from MON15985 (OECD identifier: L. (Cotton) MON-15985-7) A-51 MON1445/ Monsanto Company Glyphosate herbicide tolerant cotton produced by inserting a naturally Gossypium 1698 glyphosate tolerant form of the enzyme 5-enolpyruvyl shikimate-3-phosphate hirsutum synthase (EPSPS) from A. tumefaciens strain CP4. L. (Cotton) A-52 MON15985 × Monsanto Company Stacked insect resistant and glyphosate tolerant cotton produced by Gossypium MON88913 conventional cross-breeding of the parental lines MON88913 (OECD hirsutum identifier: MON-88913-8) and 15985 (OECD identifier: MON-15985-7). L. (Cotton) Glyphosate tolerance is derived from MON88913 which contains two genes encoding the enzyme 5-enolypyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) from the CP4 strain of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Insect resistance is derived MON15985 which was produced by transformation of the DP50B parent variety, which contained event 531 (expressing Cry1Ac protein), with purified plasmid DNA containing the cry2Ab gene from B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki. A-53 MON- Monsanto Company Stacked insect resistant and herbicide tolerant cotton derived from Gossypium 15985-7 × conventional cross-breeding of the parental lines 15985 (OECD identifier: hirsutum MON- MON-15985-7) and MON1445 (OECD identifier: MON-Ø1445-2). L. (Cotton) Ø1445-2 A-54 MON531/ Monsanto Company Insect-resistant cotton produced by inserting the cry1Ac gene from Bacillus Gossypium 757/1076 thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD-73 (B.t.k.). hirsutum L. (Cotton) A-55 MON88913 Monsanto Company Glyphosate herbicide tolerant cotton produced by inserting two genes encoding Gossypium the enzyme 5-enolypyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) from the hirsutum CP4 strain of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. L. (Cotton) A-56 MON- Monsanto Company Stacked insect resistant and herbicide tolerant cotton derived from Gossypium ØØ531-6 × conventional cross-breeding of the parental lines MON531 (OECD identifier: hirsutum MON- MON-ØØ531-6) and MON1445 (OECD identifier: MON-Ø1445-2). L. (Cotton) Ø1445-2 A-57 X81359 BASF Inc. Tolerance to imidazolinone herbicides by selection of a naturally occurring Helianthus mutant. annuus (Sunflower) A-58 RH44 BASF Inc. Selection for a mutagenized version of the enzyme acetohydroxyacid synthase Lens culinaris (AHAS), also known as acetolactate synthase (ALS) or acetolactate pyruvate- (Lentil) lyase. A-59 FP967 University of A variant form of acetolactate synthase (ALS) was obtained from a Linum Saskatchewan, chlorsulfuron tolerant line of A. thaliana and used to transform flax. usitatissimum Crop Dev. L. (Flax, Centre Linseed) A-60 5345 Monsanto Company Resistance to lepidopteran pests through the introduction of the cry1Ac gene Lycopersicon from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Kurstaki. esculentum (Tomato) A-61 8338 Monsanto Company Introduction of a gene sequence encoding the enzyme 1-amino-cyclopropane- Lycopersicon 1-carboxylic acid deaminase (ACCd) that metabolizes the precursor of the fruit esculentum ripening hormone ethylene. (Tomato) A-62 1345-4 DNA Plant Technology Delayed ripening tomatoes produced by inserting an additional copy of a Lycopersicon Corporation truncated gene encoding 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxyllic acid (ACC) esculentum synthase, which resulted in downregulation of the endogenous ACC synthase (Tomato) and reduced ethylene accumulation. A-63 35 1 N Agritope Inc. Introduction of a gene sequence encoding the enzyme S-adenosylmethionine Lycopersicon hydrolase that metabolizes the precursor of the fruit ripening hormone ethylene esculentum (Tomato) A-64 B, Da, F Zeneca Seeds Delayed softening tomatoes produced by inserting a truncated version of the Lycopersicon polygalacturonase (PG) encoding gene in the sense or anti-sense orientation in esculentum order to reduce expression of the endogenous PG gene, and thus reduce pectin (Tomato) degradation. A-65 FLAVR Calgene Inc. Delayed softening tomatoes produced by inserting an additional copy of the Lycopersicon SAVR polygalacturonase (PG) encoding gene in the anti-sense orientation in order to esculentum reduce expression of the endogenous PG gene and thus reduce pectin (Tomato) degradation. A-66 J101, Monsanto Company and Glyphosate herbicide tolerant alfalfa (lucerne) produced by inserting a gene Medicago J163 Forage Genetics encoding the enzyme 5-enolypyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) sativa International from the CP4 strain of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. (Alfalfa) A-67 C/F/93/08-02 Societe National Tolerance to the herbicides bromoxynil and ioxynil by incorporation of the Nicotiana d'Exploitation des nitrilase gene from Klebsiella pneumoniae. tabacum Tabacs et L. (Tobacco) Allumettes A-68 Vector Vector Tobacco Inc. Reduced nicotine content through introduction of a second copy of the tobacco Nicotiana 21-41 quinolinic acid phosphoribosyltransferase (QTPase) in the antisense tabacum orientation. The NPTII encoding gene from E. coli was introduced as a L. (Tobacco) selectable marker to identify transformants. A-69 CL121, BASF Inc. Tolerance to the imidazolinone herbicide, imazethapyr, induced by chemical Oryza sativa CL141, mutagenesis of the acetolactate synthase (ALS) enzyme using ethyl (Rice) CFX51 methanesulfonate (EMS). A-70 IMINTA- BASF Inc. Tolerance to imidazolinone herbicides induced by chemical mutagenesis of the Oryza sativa 1, acetolactate synthase (ALS) enzyme using sodium azide. (Rice) IMINTA- 4 A-71 LLRICE06, Aventis CropScience Glufosinate ammonium herbicide tolerant rice produced by inserting a Oryza sativa LLRICE62 modified phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT) encoding gene from the (Rice) soil bacterium Streptomyces hygroscopicus). A-72 LLRICE601 Bayer CropScience Glufosinate ammonium herbicide tolerant rice produced by inserting a Oryza sativa (Aventis modified phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT) encoding gene from the (Rice) CropScience(AgrEvo)) soil bacterium Streptomyces hygroscopicus). A-73 C5 United States Department Plum pox virus (PPV) resistant plum tree produced through Agrobacterium- Prunus of Agriculture - mediated transformation with a coat protein (CP) gene from the virus. domestica Agricultural Research (Plum) Service A-74 PWC16 BASF Inc. Tolerance to the imidazolinone herbicide, imazethapyr, induced by chemical Oryza sativa mutagenesis of the acetolactate synthase (ALS) enzyme using ethyl (Rice) methanesulfonate (EMS). A-75 ATBT04- Monsanto Company Colorado potato beetle resistant potatoes produced by inserting the cry3A gene Solanum 6, from Bacillus thuringiensis (subsp. Tenebrionis). tuberosum ATBT04- L. (Potato) 27, ATBT04- 30, ATBT04- 31, ATBT04- 36, SPBT02- 5, SPBT02- 7 A-76 BT6, Monsanto Company Colorado potato beetle resistant potatoes produced by inserting the cry3A gene Solanum BT10, from Bacillus thuringiensis (subsp. Tenebrionis). tuberosum BT12, L. (Potato) BT16, BT17, BT18, BT23 A-77 RBMT15- Monsanto Company Colorado potato beetle and potato virus Y (PVY) resistant potatoes produced Solanum 101, by inserting the cry3A gene from Bacillus thuringiensis (subsp. Tenebrionis) tuberosum SEMT15- and the coat protein encoding gene from PVY. L. (Potato) 02, SEMT15- 15 A-78 RBMT21- Monsanto Company Colorado potato beetle and potato leafroll virus (PLRV) resistant potatoes Solanum 129, produced by inserting the cry3A gene from Bacillus thuringiensis (subsp. tuberosum RBMT21- Tenebrionis) and the replicase encoding gene from PLRV. L. (Potato) 350, RBMT22- 082 A-79 AP205CL BASF Inc. Selection for a mutagenized version of the enzyme acetohydroxyacid synthase Triticum aestivum (AHAS), also known as acetolactate synthase (ALS) or acetolactate pyruvate- (Wheat) lyase. A-80 AP602CL BASF Inc. Selection for a mutagenized version of the enzyme acetohydroxyacid synthase Triticum aestivum (AHAS), also known as acetolactate synthase (ALS) or acetolactate pyruvate- (Wheat) lyase. A-81 BW255-2, BASF Inc. Selection for a mutagenized version of the enzyme acetohydroxyacid synthase Triticum aestivum BW238-3 (AHAS), also known as acetolactate synthase (ALS) or acetolactate pyruvate- (Wheat) lyase. A-82 BW7 BASF Inc. Tolerance to imidazolinone herbicides induced by chemical mutagenesis of the Triticum aestivum acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) gene using sodium azide. (Wheat) A-83 MON71800 Monsanto Company Glyphosate tolerant wheat variety produced by inserting a modified 5- Triticum aestivum enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) encoding gene from the (Wheat) soil bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens, strain CP4. A-84 SWP965001 Cyanamid Crop Selection for a mutagenized version of the enzyme acetohydroxyacid synthase Triticum aestivum Protection (AHAS), also known as acetolactate synthase (ALS) or acetolactate pyruvate- (Wheat) lyase. A-85 Teal 11A BASF Inc. Selection for a mutagenized version of the enzyme acetohydroxyacid synthase Triticum aestivum (AHAS), also known as acetolactate synthase (ALS) or acetolactate pyruvate- (Wheat) lyase. A-86 176 Syngenta Seeds, Inc. Insect-resistant maize produced by inserting the cry1Ab gene from Bacillus Zea mays thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki. The genetic modification affords resistance to L. (Maize) attack by the European corn borer (ECB). A-87 3751IR Pioneer Hi-Bred Selection of somaclonal variants by culture of embryos on imidazolinone Zea mays International Inc. containing media. L. (Maize) A-88 676, 678, Pioneer Hi-Bred Male-sterile and glufosinate ammonium herbicide tolerant maize produced by Zea mays 680 International Inc. inserting genes encoding DNA adenine methylase and phosphinothricin L. (Maize) acetyltransferase (PAT) from Escherichia coli and Streptomyces viridochromogenes, respectively. A-89 ACS- Bayer CropScience Stacked insect resistant and herbicide tolerant corn hybrid derived from Zea mays ZMØØ3- (Aventis conventional cross-breeding of the parental lines T25 (OECD identifier: ACS- L. (Maize) 2 × MON- CropScience(AgrEvo)) ZMØØ3-2) and MON810 (OECD identifier: MON-ØØ81Ø-6). ØØ81Ø-6 A-90 B16 Dekalb Genetics Glufosinate ammonium herbicide tolerant maize produced by inserting the Zea mays (DLL25) Corporation gene encoding phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT) from Streptomyces L. (Maize) hygroscopicus. A-91 BT11 Syngenta Seeds, Inc. Insect-resistant and herbicide tolerant maize produced by inserting the cry1Ab Zea mays (X4334CBR, gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki, and the phosphinothricin N- L. (Maize) X4734CBR) acetyltransferase (PAT) encoding gene from S. viridochromogenes. A-92 BT11 × Syngenta Seeds, Inc. Stacked insect resistant and herbicide tolerant maize produced by conventional Zea mays MIR604 cross breeding of parental lines BT11 (OECD unique identifier: SYN-BTØ11- L. (Maize) 1) and MIR604 (OECD unique identifier: SYN-IR6Ø5-5). Resistance to the European Corn Borer and tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate ammonium (Liberty) is derived from BT11, which contains the cry1Ab gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki, and the phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) encoding gene from S. viridochromogenes. Corn rootworm-resistance is derived from MIR604 which contains the mcry3A gene from Bacillus thuringiensis. A-93 BT11 × Syngenta Seeds, Inc. Stacked insect resistant and herbicide tolerant maize produced by conventional Zea mays MIR604 × cross breeding of parental lines BT11 (OECD unique identifier: SYN-BTØ11- L. (Maize) GA21 1), MIR604 (OECD unique identifier: SYN-IR6Ø5-5) and GA21 (OECD unique identifier: MON-ØØØ21-9). Resistance to the European Corn Borer and tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate ammonium (Liberty) is derived from BT11, which contains the cry1Ab gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki, and the phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) encoding gene from S. viridochromogenes. Corn rootworm-resistance is derived from MIR604 which contains the mcry3A gene from Bacillus thuringiensis. Tolerance to glyphosate herbcicide is derived from GA21 which contains a a modified EPSPS gene from maize. A-94 CBH-351 Aventis CropScience Insect-resistant and glufosinate ammonium herbicide tolerant maize developed Zea mays by inserting genes encoding Cry9C protein from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp L. (Maize) tolworthi and phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT) from Streptomyces hygroscopicus. A-95 DAS- DOW AgroSciences LLC Lepidopteran insect resistant and glufosinate ammonium herbicide-tolerant Zea mays 06275-8 maize variety produced by inserting the cry1F gene from Bacillus thuringiensis L. (Maize) var aizawai and the phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT) from Streptomyces hygroscopicus. A-96 DAS- DOW AgroSciences LLC Corn rootworm-resistant maize produced by inserting the cry34Ab1 and Zea mays 59122-7 and Pioneer Hi-Bred cry35Ab1 genes from Bacillus thuringiensis strain PS149B1. The PAT L. (Maize) International Inc. encoding gene from Streptomyces viridochromogenes was introduced as a selectable marker. A-97 DAS- DOW AgroSciences LLC Stacked insect resistant and herbicide tolerant maize produced by conventional Zea mays 59122-7 × and Pioneer Hi-Bred cross breeding of parental lines DAS-59122-7 (OECD unique identifier: DAS- L. (Maize) NK603 International Inc. 59122-7) with NK603 (OECD unique identifier: MON-ØØ6Ø3-6). Corn rootworm-resistance is derived from DAS-59122-7 which contains the cry34Ab1 and cry35Ab1 genes from Bacillus thuringiensis strain PS149B1. Tolerance to glyphosate herbcicide is derived from NK603. A-98 DAS- DOW AgroSciences LLC Stacked insect resistant and herbicide tolerant maize produced by conventional Zea mays 59122-7 × and Pioneer Hi-Bred cross breeding of parental lines DAS-59122-7 (OECD unique identifier: DAS- L. (Maize) TC1507 × International Inc. 59122-7) and TC1507 (OECD unique identifier: DAS-Ø15Ø7-1) with NK603 NK603 (OECD unique identifier: MON-ØØ6Ø3-6). Corn rootworm-resistance is derived from DAS-59122-7 which contains the cry34Ab1 and cry35Ab1 genes from Bacillus thuringiensis strain PS149B1. Lepidopteran resistance and toleraance to glufosinate ammonium herbicide is derived from TC1507. Tolerance to glyphosate herbcicide is derived from NK603. A-99 DAS- DOW AgroSciences LLC Stacked insect resistant and herbicide tolerant corn hybrid derived from Zea mays Ø15Ø7-1 × conventional cross-breeding of the parental lines 1507 (OECD identifier: L. (Maize) MON- DAS-Ø15Ø7-1) and NK603 (OECD identifier: MON-ØØ6Ø3-6). ØØ6Ø3-6 A-100 DBT418 Dekalb Genetics Insect-resistant and glufosinate ammonium herbicide tolerant maize developed Zea mays Corporation by inserting genes encoding Cry1AC protein from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp L. (Maize) kurstaki and phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT) from Streptomyces hygroscopicus A-101 DK404SR BASF Inc. Somaclonal variants with a modified acetyl-CoA-carboxylase (ACCase) were Zea mays selected by culture of embryos on sethoxydim enriched medium. L. (Maize) A-102 Event Syngenta Seeds, Inc. Maize line expressing a heat stable alpha-amylase gene amy797E for use in the Zea mays 3272 dry-grind ethanol process. The phosphomannose isomerase gene from E. coli L. (Maize) was used as a selectable marker. A-103 EXP1910 Syngenta Seeds, Inc. Tolerance to the imidazolinone herbicide, imazethapyr, induced by chemical Zea mays IT (formerly Zeneca Seeds) mutagenesis of the acetolactate synthase (ALS) enzyme using ethyl L. (Maize) methanesulfonate (EMS). A-104 GA21 Monsanto Company Introduction, by particle bombardment, of a modified 5-enolpyruvyl Zea mays shikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS), an enzyme involved in the shikimate L. (Maize) biochemical pathway for the production of the aromatic amino acids. A-105 IT Pioneer Hi-Bred Tolerance to the imidazolinone herbicide, imazethapyr, was obtained by in Zea mays International Inc. vitro selection of somaclonal variants. L. (Maize) A-106 LY038 Monsanto Company Altered amino acid composition, specifically elevated levels of lysine, through Zea mays the introduction of the cordapA gene, derived from Corynebacterium L. (Maize) glutamicum, encoding the enzyme dihydrodipicolinate synthase (cDHDPS). A-107 MIR604 Syngenta Seeds, Inc. Corn rootworm resistant maize produced by transformation with a modified Zea mays cry3A gene. The phosphomannose isomerase gene from E. coli was used as a L. (Maize) selectable marker. A-108 MIR604 × Syngenta Seeds, Inc. Stacked insect resistant and herbicide tolerant maize produced by conventional Zea mays GA21 cross breeding of parental lines MIR604 (OECD unique identifier: SYN- L. (Maize) IR6Ø5-5) and GA21 (OECD unique identifier: MON-ØØØ21-9). Corn rootworm-resistance is derived from MIR604 which contains the mcry3A gene from Bacillus thuringiensis. Tolerance to glyphosate herbcicide is derived from GA21. A-109 MON80100 Monsanto Company Insect-resistant maize produced by inserting the cry1Ab gene from Bacillus Zea mays thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki. The genetic modification affords resistance to L. (Maize) attack by the European corn borer (ECB). A-110 MON802 Monsanto Company Insect-resistant and glyphosate herbicide tolerant maize produced by inserting Zea mays the genes encoding the Cry1Ab protein from Bacillus thuringiensis and the 5- L. (Maize) enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) from A. tumefaciens strain CP4. A-111 MON809 Pioneer Hi-Bred Resistance to European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) by introduction of a Zea mays International Inc. synthetic cry1Ab gene. Glyphosate resistance via introduction of the bacterial L. (Maize) version of a plant enzyme, 5-enolpyruvyl shikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS). A-112 MON810 Monsanto Company Insect-resistant maize produced by inserting a truncated form of the cry1Ab Zea mays gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD-1. The genetic L. (Maize) modification affords resistance to attack by the European corn borer (ECB). A-113 MON810 × Monsanto Company Stacked insect resistant and glyphosate tolerant maize derived from Zea mays MON88017 conventional cross-breeding of the parental lines MON810 (OECD identifier: L. (Maize) MON-ØØ81Ø-6) and MON88017 (OECD identifier: MON-88Ø17-3). European corn borer (ECB) resistance is derived from a truncated form of the cry1Ab gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD-1 present in MON810. Corn rootworm resistance is derived from the cry3Bb1 gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies kumamotoensis strain EG4691 present in MON88017. Glyphosate tolerance is derived from a 5-enolpyruvylshikimate- 3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) encoding gene from Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain CP4 present in MON88017. A-114 MON832 Monsanto Company Introduction, by particle bombardment, of glyphosate oxidase (GOX) and a Zea mays modified 5-enolpyruvyl shikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS), an enzyme L. (Maize) involved in the shikimate biochemical pathway for the production of the aromatic amino acids. A-115 MON863 Monsanto Company Corn root worm resistant maize produced by inserting the cry3Bb1 gene from Zea mays Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kumamotoensis. L. (Maize) A-116 MON88017 Monsanto Company Corn rootworm-resistant maize produced by inserting the cry3Bb1 gene from Zea mays Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies kumamotoensis strain EG4691. Glyphosate L. (Maize) tolerance derived by inserting a 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) encoding gene from Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain CP4. A-117 MON89034 Monsanto Company Maize event expressing two different insecticidal proteins from Bacillus Zea mays thuringiensis providing resistance to number of lepidopteran pests. L. (Maize) A-118 MON89034 × Monsanto Company Stacked insect resistant and glyphosate tolerant maize derived from Zea mays MON88017 conventional cross-breeding of the parental lines MON89034 (OECD L. (Maize) identifier: MON-89Ø34-3) and MON88017 (OECD identifier: MON-88Ø17- 3). Resistance to Lepiopteran insects is derived from two crygenes present in MON89043. Corn rootworm resistance is derived from a single cry genes and glyphosate tolerance is derived from the 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) encoding gene from Agrobacterium tumefaciens present in MON88017. A-119 MON- Monsanto Company Stacked insect resistant and herbicide tolerant corn hybrid derived from Zea mays ØØ6Ø3-6 × conventional cross-breeding of the parental lines NK603 (OECD identifier: L. (Maize) MON- MON-ØØ6Ø3-6) and MON810 (OECD identifier: MON-ØØ81Ø-6). ØØ81Ø-6 A-120 MON- Monsanto Company Stacked insect resistant and enhanced lysine content maize derived from Zea mays ØØ81Ø-6 × conventional cross-breeding of the parental lines MON810 (OECD identifier: L. (Maize) LY038 MON-ØØ81Ø-6) and LY038 (OECD identifier: REN-ØØØ38-3). A-121 MON- Monsanto Company Stacked insect resistant and herbicide tolerant corn hybrid derived from Zea mays ØØ863-5 × conventional cross-breeding of the parental lines MON863 (OECD L. (Maize) MON- identifier: MON-ØØ863-5) and NK603 (OECD identifier: MON-ØØ6Ø3-6). ØØ6Ø3-6 A-122 MON- Monsanto Company Stacked insect resistant corn hybrid derived from conventional cross-breeding Zea mays ØØ863-5 × of the parental lines MON863 (OECD identifier: MON-ØØ863-5) and L. (Maize) MON- MON810 (OECD identifier: MON-ØØ81Ø-6) ØØ81Ø-6 A-123 MON- Monsanto Company Stacked insect resistant and herbicide tolerant corn hybrid derived from Zea mays ØØ863-5 × conventional cross-breeding of the stacked hybrid MON-ØØ863-5 × MON- L. (Maize) MON- ØØ81Ø-6 and NK603 (OECD identifier: MON-ØØ6Ø3-6). ØØ81Ø-6 × MON- ØØ6Ø3-6 A-124 MON- Monsanto Company Stacked insect resistant and herbicide tolerant corn hybrid derived from Zea mays ØØØ21-9 × conventional cross-breeding of the parental lines GA21 (OECD identifider: L. (Maize) MON- MON-ØØØ21-9) and MON810 (OECD identifier: MON-ØØ81Ø-6). ØØ81Ø-6 A-125 MS3 Bayer CropScience Male sterility caused by expression of the barnase ribonuclease gene from Zea mays (Aventis Bacillus amyloliquefaciens; PPT resistance was via PPT-acetyltransferase L. (Maize) CropScience(AgrEvo)) (PAT). A-126 MS6 Bayer CropScience Male sterility caused by expression of the barnase ribonuclease gene from Zea mays (Aventis Bacillus amyloliquefaciens; PPT resistance was via PPT-acetyltransferase L. (Maize) CropScience(AgrEvo)) (PAT). A-127 NK603 Monsanto Company Introduction, by particle bombardment, of a modified 5-enolpyruvyl Zea mays shikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS), an enzyme involved in the shikimate L. (Maize) biochemical pathway for the production of the aromatic amino acids. A-128 SYN- Syngenta Seeds, Inc. Stacked insect resistant and herbicide tolerant maize produced by conventional Zea mays BTØ11-1 × cross breeding of parental lines BT11 (OECD unique identifier: SYN-BTØ11- L. (Maize) MON- 1) and GA21 (OECD unique identifier: MON-ØØØ21-9). ØØØ21-9 A-129 T14, T25 Bayer CropScience Glufosinate herbicide tolerant maize produced by inserting the Zea mays (Aventis phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) encoding gene from the aerobic L. (Maize) CropScience(AgrEvo)) actinomycete Streptomyces viridochromogenes. A-130 TC1507 Mycogen (c/o Dow Insect-resistant and glufosinate ammonium herbicide tolerant maize produced Zea mays AgroSciences); Pioneer by inserting the cry1F gene from Bacillus thuringiensis var. aizawai and the L. (Maize) (c/o Dupont) phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase encoding gene from Streptomyces viridochromogenes. A-131 TC1507 × DOW AgroSciences LLC Stacked insect resistant and herbicide tolerant maize produced by conventional Zea mays DAS- and Pioneer Hi-Bred cross breeding of parental lines TC1507 (OECD unique identifier: DAS- L. (Maize) 59122-7 International Inc. Ø15Ø7-1) with DAS-59122-7 (OECD unique identifier: DAS-59122-7). Resistance to lepidopteran insects is derived from TC1507 due the presence of the cry1F gene from Bacillus thuringiensis var. aizawai. Corn rootworm- resistance is derived from DAS-59122-7 which contains the cry34Ab1 and cry35Ab1 genes from Bacillus thuringiensis strain PS149B1. Tolerance to glufosinate ammonium herbcicide is derived from TC1507 from the phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase encoding gene from Streptomyces viridochromogenes. A-132 MON89788 Monsanto Glyphosate-tolerant soybean produced by inserting a modified 5- Soybean enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) encoding aroA (epsps) gene from Agrobacterium tumefaciens CP4.

When used in the methods of the invention, Pydiflumetofen may be in unmodified form or, preferably, formulated together with carriers and adjuvants conventionally employed in the art of formulation.

The invention therefore also relates to a composition for the control of mycotoxin contamination comprising Pydiflumetofen as defined above and an agriculturally acceptable support, carrier or filler.

According to the invention, the term “support” denotes a natural or synthetic, organic or inorganic compound with which Pydiflumetofen is combined or associated to make it easier to apply, notably to the parts of the plant. This support is thus generally inert and should be agriculturally acceptable. The support may be a solid or a liquid. Examples of suitable supports include clays, natural or synthetic silicates, silica, resins, waxes, solid fertilisers, water, alcohols, in particular butanol, organic solvents, mineral and plant oils and derivatives thereof. Mixtures of such supports may also be used.

The composition according to the invention may also comprise additional components. In particular, the composition may further comprise a surfactant. The surfactant can be an emulsifier, a dispersing agent or a wetting agent of ionic or non-ionic type or a mixture of such surfactants. Mention may be made, for example, of polyacrylic acid salts, lignosulphonic acid salts, phenolsulphonic or naphthalenesulphonic acid salts, polycondensates of ethylene oxide with fatty alcohols or with fatty acids or with fatty amines, substituted phenols (in particular alkylphenols or arylphenols), salts of sulphosuccinic acid esters, taurine derivatives (in particular alkyl taurates), phosphoric esters of polyoxyethylated alcohols or phenols, fatty acid esters of polyols, and derivatives of the present compounds containing sulphate, sulphonate and phosphate functions. The presence of at least one surfactant is generally essential when Pydiflumetofen or Pydiflumetofen in combination with other actives and/or the inert support are water-insoluble and when the vector agent for the application is water. Preferably, surfactant content may be comprised from 5% to 40% by weight of the composition.

Colouring agents such as inorganic pigments, for example iron oxide, titanium oxide, ferrocyanblue, and organic pigments such as alizarin, azo and metallophthalocyanine dyes, and trace elements such as iron, manganese, boron, copper, cobalt, molybdenum and zinc salts can be used.

Optionally, other additional components may also be included, e.g. protective colloids, adhesives, thickeners, thixotropic agents, penetration agents, stabilisers, sequestering agents. More generally, the active compounds, in particular Pydiflumetofen and compositions comprising Pydiflumetofen can be combined with any solid or liquid additive, which complies with the usual formulation techniques.

In general, the composition according to the invention may contain from 0.05 to 99% by weight of active compounds, preferably from 10 to 70% by weight.

The compounds or compositions according to the invention can be used as such, in form of their formulations or as the use forms prepared therefrom, such as aerosol dispenser, capsule suspension, cold fogging concentrate, dustable powder, emulsifiable concentrate, emulsion oil in water, emulsion water in oil, encapsulated granule, fine granule, flowable concentrate for seed treatment, gas (under pressure), gas generating product, granule, hot fogging concentrate, macrogranule, microgranule, oil dispersible powder, oil miscible flowable concentrate, oil miscible liquid, paste, plant rodlet, powder for dry seed treatment, seed coated with a pesticide, soluble concentrate, soluble powder, solution for seed treatment, suspension concentrate (flowable concentrate), ultra low volume (ULV) liquid, ultra low volume (ULV) suspension, water dispersible granules or tablets, water dispersible powder for slurry treatment, water soluble granules or tablets, water soluble powder for seed treatment and wettable powder.

The treatment of plants and plant parts with the compounds or compositions according to the invention is carried out directly or by action on their environment, habitat or storage area by means of the normal treatment methods, for example by watering (drenching), drip irrigation, spraying, atomizing, broadcasting, dusting, foaming, spreading-on, and as a powder for dry seed treatment, a solution for seed treatment, a water-soluble powder for seed treatment, a water-soluble powder for slurry treatment, or by encrusting.

These compositions include not only compositions which are ready to be applied to the plant or seed to be treated by means of a suitable device, such as a spraying or dusting device, but also concentrated commercial compositions which must be diluted before application to the crop.

The compounds or compositions according to the invention can be employed for reducing mycotoxin contamination in crop protection or in the protection of materials.

Within the composition according to the invention, bactericide compounds can be employed in crop protection for example for controlling Pseudomonadaceae, Rhizobiaceae, Enterobacteriaceae, Corynebacteriaceae and Streptomycetaceae.

The compounds or compositions according to the invention can be used to curatively or preventively reduce the mycotoxin contamination of plants or crops. Thus, according to a further aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for curatively or preventively reduce the mycotoxin contamination of comprising the use of a composition comprising a compound according to formula (I) according to the invention by application to the seed, the plant or to the fruit of the plant or to the soil in which the plant is growing or in which it is desired to grow.

Suitably, the active ingredient may be applied to plant propagation material to be protected by impregnating the plant propagation material, in particular, seeds, either with a liquid formulation of the fungicide or coating it with a solid formulation. In special cases, other types of application are also possible, for example, the specific treatment of plant cuttings or twigs serving propagation.

In general, the composition according to the invention may contain from 0.05 to 99% by weight of Pydiflumetofen, preferably from 10 to 70% by weight.

In general, the composition according to the invention may contain in total from 0.05 to 99% by weight of Pydiflumetofen in combination with other actives, preferably from 10 to 70% by weight.

Pydiflumetofen or compositions comprising Pydiflumetofen can be used as such, in form of their formulations or as the use forms prepared therefrom, such as aerosol dispenser, capsule suspension, cold fogging concentrate, dustable powder, emulsifiable concentrate, emulsion oil in water, emulsion water in oil, encapsulated granule, fine granule, flowable concentrate for seed treatment, gas (under pressure), gas generating product, granule, hot fogging concentrate, macrogranule, microgranule, oil dispersible powder, oil miscible flowable concentrate, oil miscible liquid, paste, plant rodlet, powder for dry seed treatment, seed coated with a pesticide, soluble concentrate, soluble powder, solution for seed treatment, suspension concentrate (flowable concentrate), ultra low volume (ULV) liquid, ultra low volume (ULV) suspension, water dispersible granules or tablets, water dispersible powder for slurry treatment, water soluble granules or tablets, water soluble powder for seed treatment and wettable powder.

The treatment of plants and plant parts with Pydiflumetofen or compositions comprising Pydiflumetofen is carried out directly or by action on their environment, habitat or storage area by means of the normal treatment methods, for example by watering (drenching), drip irrigation, spraying, atomizing, broadcasting, dusting, foaming, spreading-on, and as a powder for dry seed treatment, a solution for seed treatment, a water-soluble powder for seed treatment, a water-soluble powder for slurry treatment, or by encrusting.

These compositions include not only compositions which are ready to be applied to the plant or seed to be treated by means of a suitable device, such as a spraying or dusting device, but also concentrated commercial compositions which must be diluted before application to the crop.

Pydiflumetofen or compositions comprising Pydiflumetofen can be employed for reducing mycotoxin contamination in crop protection or in the protection of materials.

Within the composition according to the invention, bactericide compounds can be employed in crop protection for example for controlling Pseudomonadaceae, Rhizobiaceae, Enterobacteriaceae, Corynebacteriaceae and Streptomycetaceae.

Pydiflumetofen or compositions comprising Pydiflumetofen can be used to curatively or preventively reduce the mycotoxin contamination of plants or crops. Thus, according to a further aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for curatively or preventively reduce the mycotoxin contamination of comprising the use of a composition comprising a compound according to formula (I) according to the invention by application to the seed, the plant or to the fruit of the plant or to the soil in which the plant is growing or in which it is desired to grow.

Suitably, Pydiflumetofen or compositions comprising Pydiflumetofen may be applied to plant propagation material to be protected by impregnating the plant propagation material, in particular, seeds, either with a liquid formulation of the fungicide or coating it with a solid formulation. In special cases, other types of application are also possible, for example, the specific treatment of plant cuttings or twigs serving propagation.

The invention furthermore includes a method for treating seed.

A further aspect of the present invention relates in particular to seeds (dormant, primed, pregerminated or even with emerged roots and leaves) treated with Pydiflumetofen or compositions comprising Pydiflumetofen. The inventive seeds are used in methods for protection of seeds and emerged plants from the seeds from phytopathogenic harmful fungi. In these methods, seed treated with at least one inventive active ingredient is used.

Pydiflumetofen or compositions comprising Pydiflumetofen are also suitable for the treatment of seeds and young seedlings. A large part of the damage to crop plants caused by harmful organisms is triggered by the infection of the seeds before sowing or after germination of the plant. This phase is particularly critical since the roots and shoots of the growing plant are particularly sensitive, and even small damage may result in the death of the plant. Accordingly, there is great interest in protecting the seed and the germinating plant by using appropriate compositions.

It is also desirable to optimize the amount of the active ingredient used so as to provide the best possible protection for the seeds, the germinating plants and emerged seedlings from attack by phytopathogenic fungi, but without damaging the plants themselves by the active ingredient used. In particular, methods for the treatment of seed should also take into consideration the intrinsic phenotypes of transgenic plants in order to achieve optimum protection of the seed and the germinating plant with a minimum of crop protection compositions being employed.

The present invention therefore also relates to a method for protecting seeds, germinating plants and emerged seedlings against attack by animal pests and/or phytopathogenic harmful microorganisms by treating the seeds with an inventive composition. The invention also relates to the use of the compositions according to the invention for treating seeds for protecting the seeds, the germinating plants and emerged seedlings against animal pests and/or phytopathogenic microorganisms. The invention further relates to seeds which has been treated with an inventive composition for protection from animal pests and/or phytopathogenic microorganisms.

One of the advantages of the present invention is that the treatment of the seeds with these compositions not only protects the seed itself, but also the resulting plants after emergence, from animal pests and/or phytopathogenic harmful microorganisms. In this way, the immediate treatment of the crop at the time of sowing or shortly thereafter protect plants as well as seed treatment in prior to sowing. It is likewise considered to be advantageous that the inventive active ingredients or compositions can be used especially also for transgenic seed, in which case the plant which grows from this seed is capable of expressing a protein which acts against pests, herbicidal damage or abiotic stress. The treatment of such seeds with the inventive active ingredients or compositions, for example an insecticidal protein, can result in control of certain pests. Surprisingly, a further synergistic effect can be observed in this case, which additionally increases the effectiveness for protection against attack by pests, microorganisms, weeds or abiotic stress.

Pydiflumetofen or compositions comprising Pydiflumetofen are suitable for protection of seed of any plant variety which is used in agriculture, in the greenhouse, in forests or in horticulture. More particularly, the seed is that of cereals (such as wheat, barley, rye, millet and oats), oilseed rape, maize, cotton, soybeen, rice, potatoes, sunflower, beans, coffee, beet (e.g. sugar beet and fodder beet), peanut, vegetables (such as tomato, cucumber, onions and lettuce), lawns and ornamental plants. Of particular significance is the treatment of the seed of wheat, soybean, oilseed rape, maize and rice.

As also described above, the treatment of transgenic seed Pydiflumetofen or compositions comprising Pydiflumetofen is of particular significance. This refers to the seed of plants containing at least one heterologous gene which allows the expression of a polypeptide or protein, e.g. having insecticidal properties. These heterologous genes in transgenic seeds may originate, for example, from microorganisms of the species Bacillus, Rhizobium, Pseudomonas, Serratia, Trichoderma, Clavibacter, Glomus or Gliocladium. These heterologous genes preferably originates from Bacillus sp., in which case the gene product is effective against the European corn borer and/or the Western corn rootworm. Particularly preferably, the heterologous genes originate from Bacillus thuringiensis.

In the context of the present invention, the inventive composition is applied to seeds either alone or in a suitable formulation. Preferably, the seed is treated in a state in which it is sufficiently stable for no damage to occur in the course of treatment. In general, seeds can be treated at any time between harvest and some time after sowing. It is customary to use seed which has been separated from the plant and freed from cobs, shells, stalks, coats, hairs or the flesh of the fruits. For example, it is possible to use seed which has been harvested, cleaned and dried down to a moisture content of less than 15% by weight. Alternatively, it is also possible to use seed which, after drying, for example, has been treated with water and then dried again, or seeds just after priming, or seeds stored in primed conditions or pre-germinated seeds, or seeds sown on nursery trays, tapes or paper.

When treating the seeds, it generally has to be ensured that the amount of the inventive composition applied to the seed and/or the amount of further additives is selected such that the germination of the seed is not impaired, or that the resulting plant is not damaged. This must be ensured particularly in the case of active ingredients which can exhibit phytotoxic effects at certain application rates.

Pydiflumetofen or compositions comprising Pydiflumetofen can be applied directly, i.e. without containing any other components and without having been diluted. In general, it is preferable to apply the compositions to the seed in the form of a suitable formulation. Suitable formulations and methods for seed treatment are known to those skilled in the art. Pydiflumetofen or compositions comprising Pydiflumetofen can be converted to the customary formulations relevant to on-seed applications, such as solutions, emulsions, suspensions, powders, foams, slurries or combined with other coating compositions for seed, such as film forming materials, pelleting materials, fine iron or other metal powders, granules, coating material for inactivated seeds, and also ULV formulations.

These formulations are prepared in a known manner, by mixing the active ingredients or active ingredient combinations with customary additives, for example customary extenders and solvents or diluents, dyes, wetting agents, dispersants, emulsifiers, antifoams, preservatives, secondary thickeners, adhesives, gibberellins, and also water.

Useful dyes which may be present in the seed dressing formulations usable in accordance with the invention are all dyes which are customary for such purposes. It is possible to use either pigments, which are sparingly soluble in water, or dyes, which are soluble in water. Examples include the dyes known by the names Rhodamine B, C.I. Pigment Red 112 and C.I. Solvent Red 1.

Useful wetting agents which may be present in the seed dressing formulations usable in accordance with the invention are all substances which promote wetting and which are conventionally used for the formulation of active agrochemical ingredients. Usable with preference are alkylnaphthalenesulphonates, such as diisopropyl- or diisobutylnaphthalenesulphonates.

Useful dispersants and/or emulsifiers which may be present in the seed dressing formulations usable in accordance with the invention are all nonionic, anionic and cationic dispersants conventionally used for the formulation of active agrochemical ingredients. Usable with preference are nonionic or anionic dispersants or mixtures of nonionic or anionic dispersants. Useful nonionic dispersants include especially ethylene oxide/propylene oxide block polymers, alkylphenol polyglycol ethers and tristryrylphenol polyglycol ether, and the phosphated or sulphated derivatives thereof. Suitable anionic dispersants are especially lignosulphonates, polyacrylic acid salts and arylsulphonate/formaldehyde condensates.

Antifoams which may be present in the seed dressing formulations usable in accordance with the invention are all foam-inhibiting substances conventionally used for the formulation of active agrochemical ingredients. Silicone antifoams and magnesium stearate can be used with preference.

Preservatives which may be present in the seed dressing formulations usable in accordance with the invention are all substances usable for such purposes in agrochemical compositions. Examples include dichlorophene and benzyl alcohol hemiformal.

Secondary thickeners which may be present in the seed dressing formulations usable in accordance with the invention are all substances usable for such purposes in agrochemical compositions. Preferred examples include cellulose derivatives, acrylic acid derivatives, xanthan, modified clays and finely divided silica.

Adhesives which may be present in the seed dressing formulations usable in accordance with the invention are all customary binders usable in seed dressing products. Preferred examples include polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol and tylose.

The formulations for on-seed applications usable in accordance with the invention can be used to treat a wide variety of different kinds of seed either directly or after prior dilution with water. For instance, the concentrates or the preparations obtainable therefrom by dilution with water can be used to dress the seed of cereals, such as wheat, barley, rye, oats, and triticale, and also seeds of maize, soybean, rice, oilseed rape, peas, beans, cotton, sunflowers, and beets, or else a wide variety of different vegetable seeds. The formulations usable in accordance with the invention, or the dilute preparations thereof, can also be used for seeds of transgenic plants. In this case, additional synergistic effects may also occur in interaction with the substances formed by expression.

For treatment of seeds with the formulations usable in accordance with the invention, or the preparations prepared therefrom by adding water, all mixing units usable customarily for on-seed applications are useful. Specifically, the procedure in on-seed applications is to place the seeds into a mixer, to add the particular desired amount of the formulations, either as such or after prior dilution with water, and to mix everything until all applied formulations are distributed homogeneously on the seeds. If appropriate, this is followed by a drying operation.

The application rate of the formulations usable in accordance with the invention can be varied within a relatively wide range. It is guided by the particular content of the active ingredients in the formulations and by the seeds. The application rates of each single active ingredient is generally between 0.001 and 15 g per kilogram of seed, preferably between 0.01 and 5 g per kilogram of seed.

The present invention will now be described by way of the following non-limiting examples.

EXAMPLES Example A Application of Pydiflumetofen on the Deoxynivalenol Content of Wheat

The field trial in winter wheat was conducted in Germany in spring/summer 2015.

Seeds of the winter wheat variety “Reaper” were planted in autumn 2014. Fertilization, herbicide- and plant growth regulator applications were carried out according to the local agricultural practice.

The trial was conducted with 3 fully randomized replicates. The plot size was 15 m².

The compound Pydiflumetofen was sprayed on Jun. 10, 2015, at BBCH—growth stage 65 with an use rate of 75 g a.i./ha. Pydiflumetofen was applied as a 100 EC formulation adding an adjuvant. In the late evening of the same day, an inoculation with spores of Gibberella zeae was carried out by spray application.

After harvest, the Deoxynivalenol content of the wheat kernels was analyzed by HPLC-MS/MS.

The effect of Pydiflumetofen on the Deoxynivalenol content is shown in table 1.

TABLE 1 Impact of Pydiflumetofen on the Deoxynivalenol content of winter wheat Use Rate Deoxynivalenol Content Treatment (g a.i./ha) (ppm) Untreated Control — 497 Pydiflumetofen 75 44

Example B: Application of Pydiflumetofen on the Deoxynivalenol Content of Wheat

Six field trials of wheat analysing Mycotoxin contamination were performed at locations in France and Germany during the season of 2016 with seed planting in spring. Pydiflumetofen was applied to wheat plants as a 100 EC formulation at a rate of 45 to 60 grams/ha. Mycotoxins were measured 67 days after application of Pydiflumetofen on 2016 Aug. 8.

Results for mycotoxin content are shown in table 2, result for severity of Fusarium infection are shown in table 3.

UTC: Untreated control

DON: deoxynivalenol

ZEA: zearalenone

TABLE 2 3-Acetyl Rate DON ZEA Deoxynivalenol Nivalenol Product(s) Country (g a.i./ha) (ppb) (ppb) (ppb) (ppb) UTC France 0 1885 25 not tested not tested Pydiflumetofen France 45 789 not tested not tested Pydiflumetofen France 60 920 11 not tested not tested UTC France 0 3916  0 189 not tested Pydiflumetofen France 45 1170 63 not tested Pydiflumetofen France 60 1068 <50 not tested UTC Germany 0 6694 not tested nottested 126 Pydiflumetofen Germany 45 4367 not tested nottested 0 Pydiflumetofen Germany 60 4761 not tested nottested 0 UTC Germany 0 16282 3836  56 159 Pydiflumetofen Germany 45 6040 — 0 0 Pydiflumetofen Germany 60 7507 878  0 0

TABLE 3 Fusarium Fusarium head blight head blight in % sev. in % sev. after 11 to 20 after 21 to 46 Yield Rate days after days after in Product(s) (g a.i./ha) application application dt/ha UTC 0 13 35 80 Pydiflumetofen 45 42 51 112 Pydiflumetofen 60 52 64 111 

1. A method of reducing deoxynivalenol contamination in a plant consisting of applying to the plant as a foliar application an effective amount of a compound according to formula (I):

having the IUPAC name 3-(Difluoromethyl)-N-methoxy-1-methyl-N-[1-(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)-2-propanyl]-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide; or a tautomer or isomer or enantiomer thereof, and prothioconazole.
 2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the compound of Formula I and prothioconazole are applied in a liquid composition.
 3. A method for increasing plant yield by reducing deoxynivalenol contamination in a plant, comprising applying to the plant as a foliar application an effective amount of a compound according to formula (I):

having the IUPAC name 3-(Difluoromethyl)-N-methoxy-1-methyl-N-[1-(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)-2-propanyl]-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide; or a tautomer or isomer or enantiomer thereof, and prothioconazole.
 4. The method according to claim 3 wherein the compound of formula (I) and the prothioconazole are applied in a liquid composition.
 5. A plant which has been treated by the method according to claim
 1. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plant is wheat.
 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plant has at least 80% less deoxynivalenol contamination than a plant which has not been treated.
 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the compound of formula (I) and the prothioconazole are applied during flowering. 